The Business Times, 24 April 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04€V12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24,1996 85c
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon James Capel to review Kay Hian stake
    619 1  -  Sources say it may want to sell out or reduce 34% interest to below 20% By\ Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] James Capel, the broking subsidiary of the Hongkongßank group, is reviewing its 34 per cent interest in Kay Hian James Capel Holdings with a
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    Lum Chang is 1st to follow new SES rules
    486 1  -  Audit panel holds emergency meeting to discuss Emerald Garden condo sales By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Lum Chang Holdings yesterday became the first property developer to comply with the Stock Exchange of Singapore's (SES) new disclosure rules on property sales to directors
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    Lock icon Property stocks slide on fears of move to curb prices
    331 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Property stocks took a beating yesterday in the wake of the Stock Exchange of Singapore's surprise move to tighten up disclosure rules on sales of properties by companies to directors and their relatives. The SES Property
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    Lock icon US trade deficit down 17% in February
    144 1 Reuter [WASHINGTON] Surging aircraft exports and a reduced volume of imported oil sharply narrowed the US deficit on goods and services trade in February, the Commerce Department said yesterday. The deficit dropped 17 per cent to US$B.l9 billion (SBU.S billion) after soaring to
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    SM and BG Lee say they bought HPL condos
    316 1 PM Goh informed ofNusim Jade, Scotts 28 purchases [SINGAPORE] Senior MinUter Lee Kuan Yew and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday said they each bought two condominiums from listed Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL). In a Joint statement, the SM and
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      14 1 KL steaks fall on talk of tighter credit, Pgl6 R«gfa»sl stock markets, Pg 22-26
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      334 1 Analysts agree with SES censure of HPL, Pgls Masterpieces of Chinese State Banquets brought to you by ■,#> The Great Hall of The People, Beijing /iSS\ A P ril Bto 30,1996 ("TTTTTTT"!? I Hfty at Tung Lok Shark's Fin Restaurant appetisers M With special mandate from the relevant Chinese The
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Third Great S'pore Sale lines up thrills to boost tills
      338 2  -  TV stars, treasure hunt, grand draw plus $2m publicity Mitz for new-look event By, Jenny Lam THE time to splurge is once again around the corner. But this year's Great Singapore Sale, from June 28 to July 28, will be
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      PM Goh to address World Trade Congress
      266 2  -  By' Vikram Khanna PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong and WTO Secretary General Renato Ruggiero will be among the speakers addressing the more than 750 delegates at the World Trade Congress which opens in Singapore today. Organised jointly by the Singapore Trade Development Board
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      Westin adds 19 hotels to its global chain
      381 2  -  Litflst additions bring the group's p«rtfoUotoBB Agnes Wee TIJE Westin Hotels Resorts chfcin has added 19 more hotel) to its worldwide portfolio, 10$ponths since it announced la|( June that its aim is to add oi**hotel a month during the neqtt five years.
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      Lock icon Cheaper eats, so inflation retreats
      326 2  -  EYE OM THE ECONOMY Inflation By] Diana Oon INFLATION dipped slightly in March, dropping to 1.5 per cent compared to February's level of 1.6 per cent. Despite last month's marginally lower inflation, rising prices in the first quarter of this year compared to the preceding
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      Need money urgently? Banks should be last on list: banker
      292 2  -  By I Soh Tiang Keng ARE you a businessman or company manager needing money in a hurry? A banker recently had this advice: the last thing you should do is to approach a bank. The banker, Michael Lee, business development
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      Feb manufacturing output up 8% despite holidays
      294 4  -  Key electronics snbsector grew 122%, white transport roe 18-3% on marine, aviation growth By i Genevieve Cua DESPITE seasonal distortions caused by the festive holidays in February, the manufacturing sector's output grew at a respectable 8 per cent, according to the latest index
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      China Square projects may yield SSL profit of $130m: analysts
      367 4  -  Projects on Parcel D and E to cost total of more than $lb By] Michelle Low STRAITS Steamship Land's second China Square project Tower E will cost $570 million, which brings the total cost of SSL's new Raffles Place developments
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      Shopping site in Serangoon area sells for $10.7m
      282 4 Provisional planning permission boosts price to $1,700 psf A DEVELOPMENT site in the Serangoon area designated for local shopping was sold at an auction yesterday for $10.7 million about 10 per cent higher than the $9-$lO million it had been expected to
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      FCC to soft-launch Maysprings condo at $530-$670 psf
      194 4 FIRST Capital Corp (FCC) is soft-launching its 636-unit Maysprings development tomorrow, the first condominium on the market which will have a Light Rail Train station at its doorstep. Units in the 99-year leasehold development along Petir Road will be priced at $530
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Ad agencies to reduce SPH guarantees
        71 4 SINGAPORE Press Hofali2igi(SPH) yesterday signedan agreement with Global Trade Insurance (GTI) and the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Singapore (4As) to reduce the bank guarantees provided by advertising agencies to SPH in order to open Under the new scheme, commencing next month, the bank
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        Bonn recognises Nanyang Poly head
        52 4 LIN Cheng Tong, the chief executive officer and principal ofNanyang Polytechnic, was awarded the OffteefeCroes of the Order of Merit of Germany yesterday evening at a farewell reception for Karl Spalcke, the German Ambassador. Mr Lin was credited with introducing the German vocational training system
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      406 3 CEOs won't fail to notice the management principles of Drucker and de Bono in the new Mazda Royal Classic Thinking, according to de Bono», is a tost art. Especially so, we believe, when senior executives took at luxury cars. However, there are always unorthodox thinkers who seek cars to match
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon Timely reminder of some basic advice
      565 5 Spread investments MMBghine chips, smaller fnW shares, and foreign stacks LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] Perhaps the most basic investment advice is to have a well-diversified portfolio. Rarely do you get to see the wisdom of that demonstrated as vividly as this year. US blue-chip stocks
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      S'pore stocks set to stay listless this quarter
      419 5  -  AaiSTn is likely ta be 2,460, ays Nenmra By] Lee Yoke Har [SINGAPORE] The Singapore stock market is likely to stay moribund this quarter (AprilJune) with the Straits Times Industrials Index toppish at the 2,450 level, Nomura Research Institute of Singapore (NRI)
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      Lock icon A love-rate relationship
      526 5  -  TWUWIH fIHWPWT High yields on Aussie and NZ dollars suggest they're worth a dalliance. But what about long term? By] Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] ASIANS have become enamoured of the Aussie and Kiwi dollars of late and who can blame them, given the high yields. The Aussie dollar
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      313 5 Once again, Nissan overtakes BMW, Jaguar, Lexus and 23 other cars. Motor ii one of the most widely-read The Maxima was praised for its across*the=board automobile magazines la the USA, whose awards improvements la passenger comfort, ecenomy and are widely regarded as professional endorsement of space while keeping Its predecessor's
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Asean and WTO get ready for a busy time
      668 6  -  uixfnw Trade and economic issues to dominate meetings and summits By Yang Razali Kassim IS that time of the year again when Asean's economic ministers and officials are on "shuttle moving from one ■Hnneeting to another, all in the name of
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      Lock icon Jakarta admits there's graft in govt
      436 6 JAKARTA Bat analysts say rare admission a tame response to public imhappmess Reuter INDONESIA has made a rare acknowledgement of corruption in government, but analysts yesterday said it was a tame response to public unhappiness over what has come to be seen as institutionalised
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      Lock icon Brittan accuses Indonesia of flouting WTO rules
      303 6 JAKARTA Review policy giving tax breaks to only one car maker, says EU Reuter EUROPEAN Trade Commissioner Leon Brittan yesterday accused Indonesia of flouting World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules with its controversial national car policy which gives tax breaks to only one car
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      Honda unveils world's first car designed for Asians
      481 6  -  BANGKOK Car-maker also opens Asian regional HQ in Thailand By l Christopher Tan HONDA yesterday unveiled the world's first made-for-Asia car. Called the City, it is produced at a 12 billion-yen (SslsB million) plant in Ayutthaya with parts sourced from Malaysia, Indonesia,
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      Lock icon M'sia to stagger arms buying to help cut trade deficit
      259 6 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter MALAYSIA said yesterday it plans to spread purchases for its armed forces modernisation programme over an extended period to help cut the widening trade deficit. Defence Minister Syed Hamid Albar said Malaysia would also try to buy
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      Lock icon Thailand set for an industrial revolution
      182 6 BANGKOK Reuter BROKING firm SBC Warburg said yesterday that it expects Thailand's economy to be transformed by a projected one trillion baht (5555.7 billion) investment in its heavy industries between now and the year 2000. Adam Clarke, SBC Warburg's director of research, told reporters
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        Lock icon Japan's investment in Indonesia
        61 6 Bernama [TOKYO] Indonesia receives the biggest share of Japan's Investment in the Asean countries, accounting for 31.7 per cent of the total This position has been enjoyed by Indonesia since 1991, according to the Japanese Foreign Trade Agency. A total of companies operate as joint ventures
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        Lock icon PLN, Energy Equity sign pact
        52 6 Reuter (JAKARTA] Indonesia's state electricity company, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Australia's Energy Equity yesterday Under the agreement, PLN will buy electricity produced by Energy Equity at &55 US cents (SsO.Oo)per kilowatt hour for 20 years, a PLN
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        Getting a close look
        49 6 -"■■■l [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Defence Minister Syed Ham id Albar (left) examining a coaxial machine gun mounted on a South Korea-made Kl-M tank during his visit to the Defence Services Asia exhibition yesterday. About62B companies from 43 countries are taking part in the four-day exhibition.
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        Lock icon KL's EPF invests US$25m in new fund
        58 6 Bernama [MELBOURNE] Malaysia's Employees' Provident Fund has committed USI2S million to an investment fund launched tiiis week by Lend Lease Property Investment Services Ltd (LLPIS). Called the Asian Pacific Inveetment Company, it is designed to give institutional investors access to Asian property markets,
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        Lock icon Bid to curb Thais spending abroad
        55 6 AFX [BANGKOK] Thai Finance Minister Surakiart Sathirathai yesterday said he will propose cutting taxes on imported luxury and consumer goods in order to discourage Thai consumers flrom spending abroad. He said spending abroad by Thai nationals has risen sharply and hindered efforts to reduce
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        Lock icon Thai protesters end sit-in
        37 6 Reuter [BANGKOK] Thousands of protesters, most of them formers, ended a sit-in outside the Prime Minister's offices that lasted nearly a month following a government promise to investigate their grievances, police said yesterday.—Reuter
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Local govts told to monitor financial institutions
      479 7 TAIPEI Mm ■ini it preveatingthe kiadof banking crises that Mm doggod Japan FT TAIWAN'S finance ministry has ordered local governments to set up special committees to monitor troubled financial Institutions in their districts. The move is designed to prevent the kind of financial
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      Lock icon Mow HK high degree of autonomy: US
      239 7 WASHINGTON Reuter THE United States on Monday said China must allow Hongkong a "high degree of autonomy" when the British colony reverts to Beijing's control in mid-1997. State Department deputy spokesman Glyn Davies made the comment after top US officials discussed their concerns
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      Jardine back in key committee of HK chamber of commerce
      243 7  -  HONGKONG Byi Quak Hiang Whai THE Jardine Matheson Group has regained its seat in the powerful general committee of the Hongkong General Chambo- of Commerce, three years after the British group was unseated by a pro-China lobby. At the chamber's
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      Lock icon HK stakes are safe, China tells Europe
      212 7 LONDON Reuter CHINA will look after the economic interests of Britain and other European countries when it resumes sovereignty of Hongkong next year, a senior diplomat said on Monday. Jiang Enzhu, China's ambassador to London, said his government would not take a penny
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      Lock icon Yeltsin visits China to emphasise new strengthening of ties
      231 7 BEIJING Reuter RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin arrives in China today for a visit to emphasise a new consolidation in ties but diplomats said lingering mutual suspicion would prevent creation of a Sino-Russian axis. One Western diplomat said yesterday: "They will be
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      Lock icon A change in taste
      55 7 [SHANGHAI] Shanghainese women look at imported lingeriefhmt Europe and the US at a lingerie store on Monday. A Shanghai lingerie manufacturer said 10years ago, Shanghai women would have had just one or two changes of white old-fashioned cotton underwear, but now they were more willing to
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      Lock icon Software piracy: First court win for US group
      304 7 BEIJING Talfwt mini ii US considers punitive tariffs against Chinese experts Bloomberg Business News A US software-industry group said it won its first court verdict against a Chinese company producing pirated software. "This judgment is a significant step forward in the fight
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      Lock icon Chinese to hit back if US imposes sanctions
      225 7 BEIJING Bloomberg Business News CHINESE Foreign Minister Qian Qichen Mid China will retaliate "blow by Mow" if the US tiwpnees trade eanctkme againet Chineee exports on May 15, the Xinhua new* sgsncy reported. Mr Ohm mads the roughs in Prague following a
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      323 8 ADD MORE DRIVE TO YOUR LIFE Actually, if you're even thinking of enthuse about. Firmly braced on a double-wishbone suspension with a buying an Odyssey, you already have long wheelbase, and powered by a sweet 2.2-litre engine churning out considerable drive. That's because 145 ps the Odyssey manoeuvres I f
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan stocks consolidate at their four-year high .
      529 9  - Japan stocks consolidate at their four-year high v, •TOKYO Brokers speculate tkat local investors may have taken over from foreigners in fWlil the rise By. Anthony Rowley THE Tokyo stock market consolidated at a four-year high yesterday as brokers speculated that Japanese investors may have Anally taken over Sm foreign
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      Lock icon Confucius not the reason why Asians save, says study
      287 9 SYDNEY Reuter IT IS an economic myth that Asian countries such as Japan nid Singapore post higher savings rates than Western nations because of their Contacian philosophy of work and thrift, says a study. Like Westerners, economic, demographic and lifestyle ftctors
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      Lock icon Aussie phone firms are softies: NZ Telecom head
      204 9 WELLINGTON Reuter Corp of New Zeajfrnd chief executive Roderick Deane yesterday branded Australians a bunch of nar-row-minded softies for their protectionist policies in the telecoma business. "They are a bunch of softies and they are looking for t|be government to keep protecting
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      Lock icon Kim Young Sam's former aide admits taking bribes
      164 9 {■SEOUL c. AFP FORMER aide to South Korean President Kim Young Bam, fired and jailed for graft, yesterday admitted in court that he took US$3.5 million (354.9 million) in bribes and cash gifts from businessmen. "I collected US$3.5 million from dozens of
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      Lock icon Japan now a low growth, high unemployment society
      377 9 TOKYO Business federation chairman also says Duiget aenat s a major prnhiwii AFP JAPAN must face the fact that it has become a low growth, high unemployment society and fiie government should realise it cannot buy its way out of the problem,
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      204 9 Apparently the only I j I'Ej H I things that move 1 I faster than the lifts at I Suntec City's office 1 I 1 1 I I H I Office Tower 2is completely sold out. Office Tower lis now open for bookings. Areas range from |||||HH|fl| 3,500 sq ft
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  • THE WORLD
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      No more Mexico-type rescue
      404 10  -  WASHINGTON IMF also wants developing nations to accept new rnles for public disclosure By Leon Hadar SENDING a clear message to investors and debtor countries around the world, the International Monetary Fund warned on Monday that it would not be ready to come to their rescue
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      Lock icon Scope for more rate cuts in Europe
      185 10 WASHINGTON Reuter INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund managing director Michel Camdessus on Monday saw scope for ftirther interest rate cuts in Europe to spur economic growth. 'To support the recovery in Europe, monetary policy should be vigilant against a rekindling of price pressures, while utilising
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      Lock icon Small manufacturers expect slow growth
      395 10 WASHINGTON Over 40% of firms in survey project rise in full-time jobs Reuter SMALL manufacturers see continued slow growth in sales, wages, employment, investment and profits in 1996, according to the annual survey by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). "Our small member companies expect
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      Lock icon S Africa growth put at 4% but signs of slowdown emerging
      336 10 JOHANNESBURG Reuter SOUTH Africa's economy should grow by close to 4 per cent in 1996, after 3.3 per cent last year, but economists see increasing signs of a slowdown outside the volatile primary sector. While headline growth would receive
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      Lock icon Prodi wants Italy to rejoin ERM quickly
      175 10 ROME Reuter CENTRE-LEFT leader Roman! Prodi, expected to be Italy's next prime minister, yesterday said he saw no reason why the country should not rejoin Europe's Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) quickly. "I see no reason for not making a serious rapid re-en-try," Mr
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Jobs report a boost for Clinton
        78 10 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] The White House, seeking to reaesure Americana worried about their employment security, yesterday said a new study showed two-thirds of |ofae created under Preeident Bill Clinton paid more than average. "The most important finding was that two-thirds of the 8.4
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        Lock icon US retail sales up
        56 10 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK! US retail sales toss t& the second week oi April, although poor weather kept many sbqppsrs out of Restores. The Mitsubishi Bank/SchrodsrWertheim weekly samo store sales report yeetsrdaysaM sales at discount and general merchandise chains were 19 8.4 per cent from
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        Lock icon Hearings on minimum wage legislation
        68 10 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] House Speaker Newt Gingrich expects congressional hearings within "s week to lOdsys" 00 legislation to incratse the US'minimum wage. Mr Gingrich on Monday repeated that he would like the booet rntntrmrnnrsim tnhepsrt rf slmmlsi Isjlilsllwi package that would include s UB9SQD(S9NO)par
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        Lock icon German industrial output prices fall
        51 10 AFP (WIESBADEN. Germany] German industrial output prises tell by 0.1 per cent in March from theffeure ft* February andby 0.3 per cent on a 12-month comparison. The fcdsral statistical office yesterday said that prioss in Ptoiruftry had remained steady in comparison with the flgureel# January—
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      Lock icon UK not hitting back at EU beef ban
      469 10 BRUSSELS Bloomberg Business News THE UK government yesterday backed away from retaliating against the European Union's ban on British beef exports, as the nation's agriculture minister sought to convince its EU partners that the necessary measures will be taken to eradicate "mad
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      Lock icon Labour party wants panel to advise on monetary policy
      413 10 LONDON Move may set in place framework for BOB'S independence Reuter BRITAIN'S opposition Labour Party has vowed to reform the way the Bank of England (BOE) advises the government on monetary policy if it comes to power in the next general
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      Lock icon UK trade minister denies warning of job losses
      242 10 LONDON Reuter UK TRADE and Industry Minister lan Lang has denied warning of big industry job losses in the run-up to the next general election, due by May 1997. He was reacting to a report In the Independent newspaper which said Mr
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Asian nations can gain from new trade talks
      703 11  -  THE BOTTOM LDVB OPINION By Shada Islam T?ie writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT WHEN it comes to trade, there's no sitting bade on your laurels. The Uruguay Round package on trade liberalisation was signed, sealed and delivered only
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      129 11 'We shouldn't be dependent only on natural sources, that's dangerous. We have to reduce dependency by diversifying.' -YtgiPratHM director-general of Indonesia's Ministry cfMines and Energy, on why nuclear power projects are inevitable 'Britain has to face reality. There was no way the Chinese side would withdraw the
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      Is Yeltsin campaigning in China ?
      647 11 Is Yeltsin campaigning in China EDITORIAL RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin would not be in Beijing today, at the start of a three-day visit to China, if he did not hope that the visit would improve his chances in the June 16 presidential election A similar calculation must also have explained
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      Japan marches on
      1140 11  -  New security pact with US reflects a significant shift in defence policy for Tohyo By, Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent THE joint declaration on security signed last week by United States President Bill Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto at their Tokyo summit
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      WHAT TOE OTHERS SAY
      799 11 MMair amrltj Mattaf BY inviting seven world leaders to Moscow for a meeting on nuclear security, President Boris Yeltsin has probably boosted his own chances of remaining in the Kremlin after the forthcoming elections. But it is much too early to say whether the world has
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      427 12 PEOPLE Reuter [WELLINGTON! One day in 1950, legendary Hollywood film director Cecil B DeMille was standing outside his office on the Paramount film studio complex in Los Angeles, when a young man drove past and waved. DeMille, who was casting a film called
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      Leeson's sorry but well-told tale
      749 14  -  savin soluvajt reviews the story of the man who brought about Barings' downfall Rogue Trader By Nick Leeeon, with Bdward Whitley Little, Brown and Company 273 pages, $12.66 KEVIN SULLIVAN Edward Whitley is a terrific ghost writer. Either that orNickLeeson's abilities as a futures dealer
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      Techno-thriller which fails to thrill
      473 14  -  BOOK REVIEW Takedown By Tsutomu Shimomura with John Markoff Martin Seeker A Warburg Ltd 314 pages, $23.60 By Kevin Sullivan TAKEDOWN baa an the ingredients of a successful technothriller. It tells a tale of sci-fi skullduggery in which a new feneration of decidedly unnerdish "digerati"
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      Lock icon From his grave, Mitterrand settles scores with two books
      523 14 ■BOOKS French ox-president pern scorn en rivals, defends war record Reuter [PARIS] Former French President Francois Mitterrand, settling old scores from his grave, scorns his political rivals in two books out yesterday, and defends his controversial war record and stance on
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      Lock icon US humorist Erma Bombeck dies at 69
      451 14 OBITUARY Ability to make folks laugh about foMes of funQy life made her a wealthy woman LAT ERMA Bombeck, the housewife who spun humorous anecdotes about suburban family life into a column syndicated to some 700 newspapers, television commentary, speeches across the country
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      IRAS leaving it to developers
      358 15  -  Aitherity says it's Mt poshing property firms te declare proDu od projects mltr construction By Diana Oon [BINGAPORE] The Inland Bwenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) is not pushing property developers to declare profits on their projects while they are under construction. Allan S S Ow,
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      SIA selling 6 planes to European, US parties
      216 15 (SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines is selling three of its Boeing 747-200 passenger aircraft to two US carriers and one Boeing 737-300 freighter to a European buyer. The company said yesterday it had wrapped up separate agreements with the three parties which it did
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      Don't hold your breath for an Amcol tussle
      775 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Tan Sai Siong SHOULD the stock market keep holding Its breath for a takeover tussle to erupt at Amcol Holdings? Speculative expectations related to an uneasy share register appear to be continuing to underpin market interest, despite a horrible
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      STIC to pump US$40m into China unit
      425 15 Investment will help STIC move beyond industrial parks [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation (STIC) is investing US$4O million (Sss6 million) in an infrastructure development company in China to broaden its business beyond industrial parks. The company will be involved hi developing and managing
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      Analysts support SES censure of HPL
      439 15  -  By Ven Sreenivasan Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Most analysts polled by BT agreed with the action taken by the Stock Exchange of Singapore to criticise Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) for "tardiness" in disclosing details of sales of its condominium units to directors and their family
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      SES rejects Flextech's proposed bonus issue
      111 15 [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore has rejected electronics distributor Flextech Holdings' proposed 1-for-2 bonus issue. The Sesdaq-listed company had proposed the bonus issue last month when it announced year-end net earnings of $3.6 million, up 17.6 per cent from 1994. It said at
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        KL second board stocks fall on talk of tighter credit
        494 16  -  ktaiiikNii twilwi Wwldwlde and Pengk&len surge wttkwwfimHn From) Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur SHARE prices, mostly those on the second board, were beaten down yesterday by rumours that Bank Negara was planning fresh monetary tightening measures. But several main
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        DBS restructures to meet $1b profit target
        194 16 (SINGAPORE] DBS Bank has restructured itself into two divisions to help it meet the challenges of a highly competitive banking environment and to achieve a profit target of gl billion within five years. In its latest annual report DBS chairman Ngiam Tong Dow
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        Higher room rates boost Mandarin hotel's sales by 7%
        256 16 [SINGAPORE] The Mandarin Singapore hotel yesterday reported that turnover improved by more than 7 per cent last year, mainly from its rooms division which had raised average rates by about 9 per cent Overseas Union Enterprise, the hotel's owner, said in
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        Hong Leong unit's London listing expected to do well
        580 16  -  Market observers expect the stock to go above 300 pence From Conrad Raj in London THE current enthusiasm for hotel stocks in Britain should see the Singapore-based Hong Leong Group's new London listing, Millennium Copthorne Hotels (M&C), fetch a sizeable premium
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        Forex loan from HLF, S'pore Finance soon
        252 16 [SINGAPORE] Hong Leong Finance (HLF) and its subsidiary Singapore Finance will offer foreign currency loans secured against foreign currency shares within this year. The two listed finance firms now accept foreign currency shares traded on the Stock Exchange of Singapore as collateral under
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        Property financing gives OUB a boost
        307 16 Corporate Hanking arm sees strong growth last year [SINGAPORE] Property financing and Investments were the main impetus for the strong loan growth of Overseas Union Bank's (OUB) corporate banking division last year, the bank said in its 1986 annual report. The bank also increased
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        Veteran telecom man to head MobileOne
        200 16 [SINGAPORE] Singapore's second handphone operator, Mobile One, has appointed a chief executive with over 20 years' experience in the telecommunications industry, particularly in Hongkong. Mobile One, which comes onto the market on April 1 next year, yesterday said Neil Monteflore will lead the company
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        Brierley raises James Hardie stake to 25.7%
        295 17  -  Move prewpU ■pecihtioii it may sell the interest te a takeover player From\ Surinder Singh in Sydney BRIERLEY Investments Ltd— in which a Singapore-based consortium has a 20 per cent stake this week increased its holdings in Australian company James Hardie Industries, prompting
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        Lock icon Coles Myer sells 8.5% stake in grocery wholesaler QIW
        220 17 Bloomberg Business News [MELBOURNE] Coles Myer Ltd, Australia's largest retailer, said it sold its 8.5 per cent shareholding in independent grocery wholesaler, QIW Ltd, for AH4.04 million (5115.6 million). The sale clears another hurdle for Davids Ltd, the big7 t gest
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        Lock icon Yaohan Int'l to shift HQ to Shanghai from HK
        286 17 More convenient to control Chinese business; chairman AFP (TOKYO] A Hongkong-based group affiliated with Yaohan Japan Corp plans to shift the headquarter Amotions of its retail and wholesale operations from Hongkong to Shanghai in June, news reports said yesterday. "It's more
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        Lock icon Cosco Pac shares fall 10% on earnings fears
        303 17 Reports of 5.7% drop in HK container traffic spark slide Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Cosco Pacific Ltd, the Hongkong-listed subsidiary of China's biggest shipping company, fell as much as 10.1 per cent amid concern earnings growth will slow as Chinese exports decline.
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        Lock icon Aussie gaming machine maker mulls float
        239 17 Reuter [SYDNEY] Gaming machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Industries Ltd said it expects to decide within the next 90 days on how to ftxnd its expansion plans, with one of the options being a partial float on the Australian Stock Exchange. "We expect to make
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        Lock icon Pepsi to sell stake in Myanmar bottling plant
        363 18 Oiapuy yielding to eaatomara who have ulil i 1 I* m J.l-rf ciiucuea n ivr aoing Umiriimf nn|ar Bloomberg Business News £NEW YORK] PepsiCo Inc plans to sell its 40 per cent stake in a bottling joint venture in Myanmar, yielding to
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        51 18 [NEW YORK] Raymond Smith (left), chairman of Bell Atlantic Corporation, posing with Ivan Seidenberg, chairman of Nynex Corporation, at a press conference here on Monday to announce a merger between the two corporations. The agreement would create the second-largest telecommunications company in the United States.
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        Lock icon Cancer causing gas escapes from BASF plant
        105 18 Reuter [LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany] A cancer-causing gas escaped from a plant of BASF AG, one of Germany's largest chemicals companies, late on Monday, forcing nearby streets to be sealed off as a precaution. The company said there were no injuries when the substance butadiene,
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        Lock icon Western PC makers brace for a Japanese onslaught
        450 18 New protects likely to seduce mass market with mere user-friendliness Reuter (LONDON] Personal computer companies in Europe and North America are bracing themselves for a sales onslaught from the Japanese. Analysts say companies such as Sony, Hitachi Electronics, Mitsubishi Electric, and Fujitsu,
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        Lock icon Cisco to acquire Stratacom in deal
        155 18 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Cisco Systems Inc has agreed to acquire Stratacom Inc in a stock swap valued at about US$4 billion (555.6 billion). The deal, agreed on Monday, will create a networking giant whose technologies and customer base will spread across many diverse market
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        Lock icon Kenny Rogers Roasters eyes listing
        227 18 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Kenny Rogers Roasters Corp plans an initial public offering within a year. Co-founder, singer and actor, Kenny Rogers said on Monday: "We're posturing ourselves to go public. I'd like to believe it's less than a year (before the offering) or
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        Lock icon Exxon's Q1 earnings up 6.3% on higher oil profits
        418 18 Bloomberg Business News [IRVING, Texas] Exxon Corp's first-quarter profit from operations rose 6.3 per cent as higher earnings from finding and selling oil and gas more than ofibet a nearly SO per cent fall in profit from chemicals. Exxon's earnings before
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        Stanchart to sell private banking business to SBC
        464 19  -  British baaksajs sale is put if strategy te focus on major banting areas Promt Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong STANDARD Chartered Bank has agreed to sell its international private banking business to Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC), less than three months after the
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        Lock icon Mitsui and Nomura affiliate join India investment fund
        118 19 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Mitsui Co Ltd and a Nomura Securities Co Ltd affiliate have joined the Singapore government and others in an investment fund for venture companies in India worth US$44 million (5J61.6 millian), a Mitsui official said yesterday. Trading house Mitsui
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        Bankers attack Viet policy of fixing forex rates
        454 19  -  TkaynjlfamL exchange rate policy kas impeded growth tf forex market By] Harish Mehta (SINGAPORE] Vietnam's interventionist policy of fixing the exchange rate has stunted the growth of the country's foreign exchange market, say foreign and local bankers In Vietnam. The central bank,
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        69 19 Reuter [MOSCOW] Brokers at the Russian stock exchange began trading futures contracts on the results of the Russian general election on Monday. The Russian Exchange, one of several which trades futures, plans daily trades on the percentage of the vote each registered candidate wins in
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        Morgan Stanley opens Seoul branch
        287 19  -  US investment bank also joins S Korean bourse By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] American investment bank Morgan Stanley has stepped up its presence in South Korea by opening a branch in Seoul and joining the Korea Stock Exchange. Announcing this yesterday, the bank said it
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        Lock icon Banks worldwide to face pressure to cut jobs: study
        313 20 Changing cnstomor noodSj competition may toad to cnts of up to 50% by 2006 Reuter [NEW YORK] Banks around the world face pressure from competition and changing customer needs that will force them to cut staff up to 50 per cent
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        47 20 [MEXICO CITY] Members of the El Barzon debtors group gathered outside the Mexican Senate on Monday to protest against hUgkintotst rates being charged by banks and against a bill to grant the government greater power to crack down on alleged criptinals. REUTER
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        Lock icon Charles Schwab to sell life insurance in a new system
        525 20 PrMdmjwtMwill be given to consumers over the phone in a matter of mimitos Bloomberg Business News (SAN FRANCISCO] Charles Schwab A Co said it will offer consumers a new way to buy lifo insurance designed to avoid the traditional high
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        Lock icon Petronas sells US$1.4b of LNG
        177 20 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Petroliam Naslonal Bhd, Malaysia's state oil company, will sell US$l.4 billion (5g1.96 bUlion) worth of liquefied natural gas to Japanese company Shlzuoka Gas Co. Petronas wUI supply up to 452,000 tonnes per year to Shizuoka for 20 years. It will
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        Lock icon Inro meets on new rubber agreement
        277 20 Grwpaptimistic that Mir pact will be figMdby July 31 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] The International Rubber Organisation (Inro) began on Monday a week-long regular meeting amid growing optimism that the new International Natural Rubber Agreement (Inra) would be signed by July 31. "We're positive that
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        Lock icon John Hancock unit may buy Boston Int'l
        216 20 Bloomberg Business News [BOSTON] Independence Investment Associates Inc, a subsidiary of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co, is in negotiations to acquire the money manager Boston International Advisors Inc. "We are finalising the details of the agreement and expect to have an official
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        Lock icon Euroyen, Euro$ flat in dull trade
        237 20 STMT!H Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Slmex Euroyen and Eurodollar futures ended little changed after a dull session yesterday with Interest focused on the results of a one trillion yen (5113.2 billion) auction of 10-year Japanese government bonds (JGBs). Dealers said the results were In line
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        180 20 Reuter m Lr^inioti THE dollar failed to budge on its own initiative, but instead moved at the whim of the< weakening mark. The lira surged beyond the 1,020 per mark level to its best level in 18 months, which helped to underpin dollar/mark. The yen eyed the key
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        Lock icon Oil prices soar as Iraq deal appears to recede
        324 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] World oil prices rose sharply yesterday as an early return to the market by Iraq, under United Nations sanctions since the 1990 Gulf crisis, appeared to recede. June North Sea Brent crude futures here hit US$2O JO
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      1506 21 Reuter QjjikkattS -4M SHARES ended virtually unchanged, pausing after their latest spurt and ahead of the last trading day for April delivery today. Brokers said the market might continue consolidating the Nikkei's 22,000 level in the near future, despite strong buy interests. The 225-share Nikkei Average finished down 4.01
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1443 22 AFX-Asia Hug Sag -a»J3 SHARE prices closed lower on a lack of fresh buying incentives, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed down 20.93 points at 10,869.05. Turnover was JK13.88 billion. g. Although the index opened Mgher, it drifted lower for most of the day with little buying incentive,
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      562 22 Reuter -OJS THE Shanghai B market ended lower on a fall in Shanghai ShanglUjg Electric Appliances after it announced a plan to issue 60 million new B shares. The index shed 0.25 point to 49.06 on volume of 11.9 million shares worth US$3.7 million. Shangling said yesterday it planned
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      326 22 AFP □WPMa -MW SHARE prices finished 2.4 per cent lower as cautious investors cashed in profits. The Weighted Price Index dropped 145.84 points to 5,907.01. Turnover was 2.67 billion shares worth NT$ll3.l billion. Falling stocks outnumbered those rising 206 to 148, with 66 unchanged. Some market participants shifted their
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      617 22 AFP Q(tapMittUß 461 SHARE prices closed lower after late profit-taking stripped the market of earlier gains. "About an hour before closing, everybody seems to be taking profit I think it was all mainly on technical considerations —a lot of stocks are fully valued already," said a dealer. U l
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      740 22 AFP QSETMn ♦LB SHARE prices closed higher on late buying of blue chips. The SET Index edged up 1.22 points to 1,296.44. Turnover was 71.7 million shares worth 5.8 billion baht. Falls beats risers 199 to 125 and 116 counters closed unchanged. The SET Index managed to close at
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      Lock icon MANILA
      260 22 AFP Hihaiu *n.n SHARE prices rose as Investors looked for bargain stocks. The Composite Index ended 22.73 points higher at 2,996.60. Turnover was 5.7 billion shares valued at 3.3 billion pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co rose 45 pesos to 1,440. Philippine National Bank gained five to 410. Ayala
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      381 22 AFP SHARE prices slipped as prof-it-taking emerged after recent sharp gains, brokers said. The Composite Price Index fell 10.06 points to 940.55. Turnover was 52.7 million shares worth 936 billion won. Falls beat risers 612 to 219, with 82 stocks unchanged. The market opened firmer but profit-taking set in
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      518 22 AFP HABOrthtriM *3M DATA showing inflation at a two-year low sent shares soaring, raising hopes that the bourse may break its record high by the week's aid. The All Ordinaries Index soared 32.6 points to 2,800.0, which brokers consider is within striking distance of its record high 2340.59. Turnover
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      227 22 Reuter Qwtfagta -7J4 SHARES ended weaker yesterday thanks to bearish bank bill and bond markets. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 7-24 points down at 2,135.06 on turnover worth NZ572.68 million. —Reuter «E3 v- rmm *MZ»WI*1 4.90 0.04 9T74 -OlOI ***** WtabiMW 330 0-01 5940TI iknuw ZIHIMO) 5-» mat *****0
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        Lock icon Shares ease on sell-off in second liners
        6868 23 KUALA LUMFllß^epofte Bloomberg Business News Reuter QO— pwitahin ■036 SHARE prices closed marginally lower, led by heavy profit-taking in second board stocks, but gains in some key blue chips helped limit the fall in the benchmark index, dealers said. News that Bank Negara
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        Keep an eye on Kulim warrants
        2611 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan ONE very active warrant yesterday was that of the Malaysian plantation-based Kulim Bhd. The warrant rose a hefty 75 cents, or 8 per cent, to $1.02 on a volume of 1.5 million shares on the over-the-counter market here. In
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        818 26  -  STOCK MABZHT COMMBMTABY Brokers cite program selling by foreign funds for slide in other bine chips; SHI propped up by late spurt in YHS and Inchc&pe By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Property stocks took a beating yesterday following the Stock Exchange
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        78 26  -  -By Paul Leo FRASER and Neat*/MMcants to $15.10 yesterday on a strong volume of 1.19 million sham -15 times the IMay average 540,500 units. Further weakness can be expected before a recovery taJus place. Both daily and weekfy RSI are heading into the oversold region but the Average
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          Troubles at Jardine Fleming
          146 26 YOU read it in this column first, that Standard Chartered Bank was planning to sell its international private banking unit to Swiss Bank Corporation. The bank confirmed the sale yesterday. Wt hear on the grapevine now that another sale is on the cards. This time, it's
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          Ding dong in Hongkong
          101 26 YOU'VE seen the "ThriDa in-Manila". Now brace yourself for the "Ding-dong in Hongkong" the long-awaited, no-holds-barred extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in Hongkong-listed but Singapore-based construction and mining company, Sum Cheong International, which we understand will be held in Hongkong on April 30. In one corner
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          UBS beefing up corporate finance
          55 26 WHO says the dearth of IPOs this year is putting the squeeze an corporate finance departments? The CF department of Union Bank of Switzerland (East Asia) Ltd is expanding fast A relatively new player in the IPO market, it is looking for people to Join
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          New on mortgages
          55 26 WITH all the rumours sweeping the stock market that banks might soon restrict the amount of loans given for property buying, a local bank executive had this to say; "The rumours are quite strong. We now advise our clients to get in-principie approval for the loan amount
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          The roar of the Tigers
          70 26 OF THE seven emerging economies whose budgets are expected to chalk up surpluses this year, five are Asian. According to ING Barings' projections, Singapore and Thailand win be at the top of the heap, with surpluses amounting to ahnostdper cent of GDP. The others are
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      52 17 P VOLVO I VOLVO WELCOMES THE DELEGATES TO THE I 1996 WORLD TRADE CONGRESS I I !•H()I'1:W)UIIAV[;API. I; AS A T R I I) L T Till-; O()\LLR H C I vol V< > i 111 ()1 IK \|< I I 111 1 ''''<) KI I) I K A 1)
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      935 18 '"7 R5 Keppel Bank I of Singapore Limited H (Incorporated in the RtpiWr of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE M HEREBY GMVEN that tha 371h Annual Ganaral Meeting of the Company wtt ba held at tha Board Room, 9th Stony, Kappal Towers, 10 Hoa Chiang Road, Singapora *****5,
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      91 23 Bl" You can recognise a sure thing when you see one. "1 :j The Saab 9000 CD 2.0 Ecopower on offer with 0% interest for the first 3 years of our installment plan. Now's the time to take advantage of this good deal. And you'll have to be fast. Just
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      160 24 4 fn«ll/rp/f fl V H Singapore Handicrafts presents the splendour of the majestic rosewood. {M Discover the unique charm and beauty of classic rosewood furniture from Singapore Handicrafts Singapore's %6r ...Bh eadmg rosewood specialist. A rosewood masterpiece with its refined lines and exact proportions will add a timd*ld*GG fra/llfl/in tOUCh
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      949 26 BUSINESS Xotices ln M>\IUIIM Ml HHI -I KM ISSJ I NOTICE [>; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Toh Goh Bee of Apt Blk 276 Yishun Street 22 #09-248 Singapore *****6, have applied (or a First Class Public House Licence in respect of M/s Mee Ek Karaoke (KTV) Lounge b
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      226 26 M THE MATTER OF THE COMP AMES ACT, (CHAPTER SO) AND M THE MATTER OF EBONY FASHKM PTE LTD (Incorporated In the RopuMc pnwur voumtAitY NOTICE 18 HEREBY QIVEN pursuant to Soctton 306 of toe Companiee Act, Cap. 90MN Cl«kA| aa a rmii uvrwrii Meeting Of VW Mxnbin of tht
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      72 26 Singapore Closing Share Prices 23/04/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH tllll* uss uss uss uss \IIBF# Jardlne Mathaaon 7.80 7.90 7.70 8.00 Jardlna Strategic 3.18 3.18 3.14 3.18 LlK# J Mr y Farm 0.925 0.02 0.018 0.03 Hongkong Land 2.18 2.19 2.14 2.22 ■MHROTM Mandarin Oriental 1.38 1.38 1.30 1.38 miiUMfl
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      Lock icon DAILY FREIGHT
      273 27 Knight-Ridder Reuter EARLY Panamas portions in the US Gulf and North Pacific appeared firm, with Taper*— rharfaieri active in covering tonnage ahead of the forthcoming "Golden Week", brokers said. Caper business remained weak in the Atlantic and only marginal improvements in Panama* rates pushed the BFI up four
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      Lock icon MPA cuts box ship port dues
      409 27  -  20% cot is valid from May till year-end; it will add sp tea total of $3m By' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will reduce port dues for container ships by 20 per cent from next month. Valid
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      Lock icon Group pushing for direct Taiwan-China links
      125 27 AFP [TAIPEI] A group of shipping and airline company heads, members of parliament and business leaders who have interests in China announced yesterday they were organising to push for direct transportation links with the mainland. The links would aUow "positive political and' economic interactions
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      Tankers, cruise liners more accident prone?
      580 27  -  STRAXT TALK ■y Seafarer IT SEEMS pretty clear that some types of ship are more prone to expensive accidents than others. This appears to change over time, partly with technological changes but also as society changes its view of what things are worth. As
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      Lock icon KCT to exploit Klang's hub potential
      167 27 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Kelang Container Terminal Bhd, which operates one of the largest container-handling facilities in South-east Asia, plans to focus on aligning itself to exploit the potential of Port Klang which is being promoted as a regional hub port by the government Reviewing
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      Lock icon Growth in box traffic through HK slows to 2%
      424 27 Falling experts from competition from Tkiwan, Korea, Japan Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] The world's busiest port may be slowing down. Declining exports from China and rising competition from other harbours in the region kept a lid on Hongkong's container terminal traffic
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      Lock icon Shippers and their demands
      929 28  -  SHIPPING SERVICES: GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT (parriers and forwarders are complaining that air cargo shippers are too exacting in their service expectations. But $ays an industry executive, the blame for the situation rests on the shoulders of the carriers and forwarders By) Robert Mottley American Shipper
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        895 45 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
        369 45 ARM Israel Independence Day. APK 28 Italy: Liberation Day. Australia/New Zealand: Anzac Day. liberation Day. Tanzania: Union Day. AFK27 Bahrain/Kuwait/Lebanon/Oman/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/United Arab Emirates: (tentative) (depends on sighting of the moon). South Africa: (tentative) Freedom Day. ATtaß Bangladesh: Eld al-Adha (To April 30). Indonesia: Eld al-Adha. (note, this holiday
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        Lock icon Dutch raider may turn out to be Fokker saviour
        334 46 Jaip Rosen J&cobson to make offer for jet mt nnfa rtnring activities of bankrupt company Reuter [AMSTERDAM] Planemaker Fokker NV welcomed a new potential saviour on Monday when Dutch raider Jaap Rosen Jacobson said he would make an offer for the
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        Lock icon Lapsed airline taxes fuel growing deficit
        236 46 NYT [WASHINGTON] A number of airline excise taxes in the United States that expired last December have not been renewed. By far the largest is a 10 per cent tax on domestic airline tickets. The others are a US$6-a-person tax on flights leaving the
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        Lock icon Component of jet engines may develop cracks, cause crashes
        204 46 US board calls for more inspection* of these engines NYT [WASHINGTON] The National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday that a component of 5,400 jet engines used on large airplanes could develop cracks capable of destroying the engines in flight. The
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        Lock icon Duesseldorf resumes full services
        147 46 Reuter {DUESSELDORF] Duesseldorf airport was to resume a full schedule of international flights yesterday, almost two weeks after a blaze killed 16 people at Germany's second largest airport. An airport spokesman said on Monday temporary arrangements were now working well enough to allow all international airlines
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        Lock icon Protesting against sexual harassment
        58 46 [CHICAGO] Lynn Weygand, a Mitsubishi automobile plant employee, joining about 3,oooother employees, friends and relatives of employees, as they protest outside the building housing the federal EEOC office in Chicago on Monday. The EEOC hasfiled a sexual harassment suit against Mitsubishi alleging that there was a
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        Lock icon Shanghai acts on air ticket sales
        146 46 AFP (SHANGHAI] Shanghai will limit all airlines except Shanghai Airlines and China Eastern Airlines froqj having more than one ticket sales office from next month, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Wenhui Bao daily reported that East China Civil Aviation Administration Bureau made the decision
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        Lock icon Continental reports record US$75.5m 1Q earnings
        169 46 Bloomberg Business News IHOUSTON] Continental Airlines Inc reported record flrstquarter earnings, rebounding from a loss in the year-earlier period, as sales and prices paid by passengers rose and interest expense feU. Continental's profit from Operations was U5575.5 mU- lion (Sslo6 million), or US$2.3l a
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        Lock icon Car policy flouts WTO rules, Jakarta told
        246 46 European trade commissioner wants Indonesia to review policy Reuter [JAKARTA] European Trade Commissioner Leon Brittan yesterday accused Indonesia of flouting World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules with its controversial national car policy which gives tax breaks to only one car maker. Sir Leon said
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        Lock icon UAL to launch freight service to Asia this year
        181 46 Reuter [BANGKOK] United Airlines will launch a freight service between the United States and Asia late this year, the company's chairman said on Monday. Gerald Greenwald, also the US airline's chief executive officer, told a Pacific Asia Travel Association conference that
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          Lock icon Iata airlines may post record profits
          84 46 AFX-Asia [PARIS] Airlines belonging to the International Air Transport Association are expected to poet reoord net profits in 1966 "in the order of US$6 billion (816.4 billion)" on their international routes, lata's director-general Pierre Jeanniot said in a statement If they achieve this, the
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          Lock icon Car of the future?
          75 46 Reuter {TOKYO] The Honda Motor Company, with backing by the Tokyo government displayed new cars as part of a regional traffic system called the Intelligent Community Vehicle System aCVS) at an exhibition in Tokyo yesterday. The model ICVS-1 (above), a single-seater hybrid-engined vehicle for commuting, will
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          Global sales of Chrysler up
          97 46 [AUBURN HILLS, Michigan] Sales of Chrysler vehicles around the world continue to improve dramatically during the first quarto* of 1996. For the first three months of the year, Chrysler's international sales (outside the US, Canada and Mexico) reached units, a4l per cent increase over the
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        Lock icon Former Virgin PR manager suing Branson
        154 46 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Virgin Atlantic Airways and its owner and chief executive officer Richard Branson are being sued by a former company publicist who accused Mr Branson of fondling her in the presence of other workers. Elizabeth Hlinko, a Virgin Atlantic public
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      16 27 Air cargo shippers and their demands Carriers, forwarders complaining shippers too exacting in service expectations Pa#e2
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      186 28 Unw swvtoee mprwem* by MwntMr* of t» FtegMry of Accradtod Shipping Agar*, Span M—onl Shtpptng Aaao copies of your around Asia. Shipping Times Jtwt Uflt to iu- Iris Urn *****44 Tan Lip Chuan 740-1645 »Jarrod Leong 740-2068 »Phfltp Koli 740-2882 MEUOI Skt 25/ M AdtrVAtvtfßmnUK I Dan SM MrfAMBmnAJK I
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      391 33 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES lIEE 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) 4 SAILINGS A WEEK TO S BANGKOK V THAILAND BANGKOK M ft, M i ~m m u v FOR BOOK,NG /H. *****33 CONTACT AMY i _____^_J P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7
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      26 33 tessast!a^l I REGULAR CONVENTIONAL I I TUBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES I I M 8199 IMB 15*6 AMS/ANTAJK I TEAK 27/04 OMB LFVORMOH4ONFALCONE I L VASTOmOOBOAH I
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      90 34 M TELOK SIANGAN NOAO <61-62 QTPMT CENTRE, STORE MM TEL- *****11 (6 Itnos) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** CW MO. **********0W von. m n* rro oanMnon ■MBA MM MUM MM MMMMMUMMH ummr um rmm rmm rrnmS mamm ucw Tim mm SMM 5555T Fof NfilriN m 4 boiklflfi pIMM caatsct:BEABPACE INTERNATIONAL
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      454 34 11 DUXTON HILL, SINGAPORE *****5 CI t 15U79M000N 1 SffcAITS SHUTTU SERVICE Li PORT KLANG IT FENANG *5® vov sai ni mm hm im Kt'iSa IMJMP m IV* SM 17/NgD SIS Si —ggg—!«"■ i&fc lywm mjmd mii it/Mm br® z —s aea l M m agn pTg 1 1' M
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      172 34 #09-00 NEHSONS BUILDING 24 PGCK SEAH STREET J jM6APOREII7WI4 TIL: 323 1133 fuS mriaoSSoSsF p vEssa wot am smetv rhhi HHI W/H MS H/V5 HMMMBBW SfSB 823 SS SK3K swam v% was Mi *mmm WBMUO V* Ml Ml MIHMMHt *fia i/N M 4 ii/« luwk/nm a* ran w mi Mi
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      474 35 M M PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD mmmmmmmmm mm Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CR NO: **********0E Maiden Ca11... MV ARDMORE V 035 to BRISBANE PORT KLANG NE W ZEALAND 14 Apr SINGAPORE 15 Apr BRISBANE 26 Apr x v 1 1 May GOOD TRANSIT TIME V AUCKLAND
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      687 35 |wwm i voy m mweto |ieh«/re Hamburg thamempohi rotterdam awnw» mm MM OM» noe IM» 17/06 law VILE OE NORMA NHW 01/06 I*o6 21/06 22/06 3*06 »06 2T06 MLLEDE GEMMA HI4W 07/06 IS/06 2MS 27/06 2806 |vn£ogurwA |yi«« i 4/06 27/06 ovoe 0&06 orae oaoe iooe ALSO ACCEPTMG CARGO TO
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      75 35 <C> PRO LINE UMTH) A CO., 6aMI. HAMBURG OONTAINER/BREAKBULK SERVICE UMOMG FOR SOUTH AMERICA m spore our mires rk> santos m-woeo BPEV DC VRAKOS 117 2IM 17/ M 22M 2MB MMCON 1M 81/K tW MIW M M FREEDOM CONTAINER IN IWM Ml H tW ""—""wiwinww mi FROM SOUTH AMERICA ■BBF-llTfiiai".
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      452 39 MAA SIN I TWER BAY 427N 26-27/04 01-05*05 10-11/05 I TIGER CAPE 428N 29-30 AM OW»OS 13-1105 I TIGER SLAND 429N 03-0405 08-12/05 17-1806 I TIGER BRDGE I3ON 0607/06 12-15*05 20-21/05 I TIGER BAY <3IN 09-12/05 15-19*06 23-25*05 I TIGER BAY 431N 10-11/05 15-19*06 24-25/05 IVESSE^^^^VO^^SI^^CA^^SIN| TK3ER SPRING 241CN8 26-27/04
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      953 39 Sea EE Land I DIRECT CALL TO I NAHA I IN JUSTI3 DAYS 1 Ivbse wt mm n*a |q—cmovbsh nw|K|«lalw|w w|— w» [ml «m~] ami 4791 01/45 41/ M aMUMd 4441 17/ M 11/45 71/45 11/ M 11/ M 14/45 14/45 B/M 17/45 HfU~ aunura 14a 04/45 m/m bmmms m
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      91 39 ROMUQ ROHIJG INTERNATIONAL (S) FIE LTD ATTRACTIVE RATES TO: ETA Destination 29/04 06/05 Hamburg, Bremen 29/04 06/05 Fettxatowe/LoudonA Other Ports 26/04 03/05 Johannesburg, Durban, Port Louis 27/04 04/05 Sydney, Melbourne, Ftemantie, WEEKLY CHINA CONSOLIDATION VIA HONGKONG 25/04 28/04 HKG, Guangzhou, Qtagdao, Global Capabilities Personal Service 34-A P«r Road 0208 Trfc
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      1340 39 rz Nedlloyd Lines SO uth en *****M0000M I SINGAPORE PHONE (GENERAL) 221(909 RATE ENQUIRIES *****41/24*260 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CFS (RAX) *****23 I TO EMROPE EVBtY WEM/FRI/SAT Sin Sou Lah Rtn Aar* Man Mi NLL OCEANIA /5166 25/04 16/05 14/05 15/05 12/05 BUNGA PELANGI /1166 26/04 12/05 13/05 14/05 NU. HONSHU
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      2626 40 Miff AS AGENTS: "K" UNE (SMQAPORE) PTE LTD (CH **********0HC5T REG HO M2-MI73M) TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX; *****1&7/&S W Tml 17 MALAYSIA: "K" UNIIiAIVTMI(MALAYSIA)KMBHD JL MmJH JL JQ/ TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN 2282Q20 JB *****01 PGU *****25*6 MOONESIA: P.T. BAHAMA LAUT MTBMUBA, TEL JKT *****06 I W
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      47 40 ©OMSNT FRHQHT SKRVICM PTi LTD TIL: aSS 9792 FAX: SSS MM CR NO. **********0 D TIE MOST Kmtkcmi Kl/ICL RATES TOf MAMAS KD IflfttifllOtt CAICUTtt COCHW NHAVA SHIVA MMMAY KD NEW DBM OVTIAGONG KD DHAKA KAIAOfI COLOMBO CMLIiyiiaMIEY222 9mrotl00«IG i Singapore Business Giving you the winning edge
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      809 41 9 IMPORT FOACLCONSOLTOAnON I GERMANY/SINGAPORE BERLINS g _A' hknnovw \T Marshalling Forwarding Services (MFS) c ft. via Bremen and Hamburg K6<n Wipzig Our staff at your service: v Francis DID: *****54 Maria DID: *****75 0C Nicholas DID: *****77 Salha DID: *****71 SuS\ <*4. St <A> 8 m J=S,. C»5fC-> 1
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      1254 41 vtssa sw«f mmw mmr a ma son tat iw w wa smm mm m«i it n« mb mwi TTIT IPfUMQ MM 2104 7104* 21M 1415 1715 104S ILK MS.TTW 7144 2104' 2104 --3Sr jKT 01JS OOS ND. HONSHU )1M 17.04 MJ4* 1104 IW I 4« lUi lUS MS. LA SOW
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      500 41 THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO CHI MINH CITY EXPORT TO RO CHI MIRR CITY IMPORT FROM RO CRI MIRR CITY WML RW FT W TTWBf"n KMC VBSN VOT OIKK lUMI 2T2L S!! 222 £22 »Z £L 22! 35 55 3 ££2 £22 22! 2? !1£ ,,TIUII 17 m vuvmmmmm m
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      891 42 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALLDIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA WIhWsJA'M asLtwwFFK IVOY 1811 UIAK BBS IvO* |*N jfc>R Sea fortune ftnoo7 23/04 (tue) 28am (fri) dragon Sumatra 11s 22/04 (mon) 2sam rmu)
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      191 42 lAMMonemm roanc Shipping LI TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU S PORE PKL LOADMG FOR SV TRADER SLO SLO SLO FLUTOT/ANTAJK WORLD AftETUS SLO 2M6 03/06 FUMWT/ANTAK WORLD WAX 15/05 30/06 FLIWWJT/AMTA* I *Lot#s SlfclMfHlOlltftl C R NO. 133MS3IMIH CONTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTD ft a—M3J/ Fan *****48 WL MULTVOfrr SON
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      538 43 _i_ Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pto. Ltd. CR *0:**********0* ft BOMBAY/COCHIN |VW«EL VOY SIN BOM COC VANESSA 04N 28/04 06/04 TRADE FAST TFSI67 20/04 00/06 XOURINA 006 30/04 OOA* KOTA CAHAYA CAHIB6 06/06 13/06 m HMUIHEaUMg vena voy s*pore ilychevsk EVER GREET 0106-064W 01/06 29/06 EVER QUIOE 0106-073W 00/06 06AM
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      306 43 SIM FAR EAST 30AM KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 28/04 BANGKOK 28/04 MANILA^EBU 28/04 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 28/04 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 28/04 BUSAN 28/04 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 28/04 HONG KONG SIM CHINA (4>B#±««p) 28/04 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU SIM EUROPE/UK 28/04 LDN/FLX/IVP/SOU 29/04 RDM/ANT/lEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM USA/CAMAPA 29/04 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all
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      582 43 STAR SNIPPING AGENaES (S) PTE ITD AflHKfl POtls ZIM CONTAINER SCRVKE GOLD STAR UNI LTD SETN SMPfMG COtfOKRIMNI TIIiPHONI: 220-6666 (I LINES) FAX: *****70 W; *****12 (MARKITWG) fa NO. **********0-Q (LAMOKA/CARMCANSaVKE vba Iwt w Ira—e i« cr im nn 2MUI Iff M/M LCMMMIff M/BS 82/B6 M/M Bt/M ■WTO Ml lt/M
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      943 43 v ICR NOi 1M*****000E) NOTJNBMt TR (03) 2A3233). ■g yO BOOKMM HOTUNi TOi US, CANADA, UK/EUROPE, AUSTRALIA. Mi •A IK L 103) *****33, Wk m MM MKBIAN HONGKONG WWAN JAPAN V MS/ \«B,* I PKaiong (03) *****87 KttlwC/fc T*J l-SOO-*****00(TOU-PRM) I iwiwuw mi i-000-itmioo pou pros) BB—— m>v cti *****42/3/4.
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      98 43 TOKYO SHINBI KAIUN CO PTE LX^ IHni 10 ANSON ROAO #*3-15 IIIKJ SfTEHNAnONAL PLAZA STORE 0207 TEL: *****26 (0 UNES) FAX: *****06 6 *****10 C/R: 1377T*****0E I 1 SERVICE TO: FAR EATT/CHWiA/EUWOPE 20/04/06) TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, KOBE NAOOYA 28/04/96) OSAKA,USA i 29/04/96) HONQKONO AND ALL CHMA PORTS 26/04/96) HAMBURQ, ROTTERDAM SOUTHAMPTON
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      652 44 *B W PS f w£—\ uno ixpum shippino (pti) ltd. MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY #00-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SMOEX lINOTRAIit SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIM/tJKQ/SHAI STORE HKQ MM vmsse. vov eta etp eta eto eta etp CHANG YING omnjann 2204 28/P4
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      331 44 20TH ANNIVERSARY OFFER:-(Lowest-Lowest Rates) PEN/PK SIN HONGKONG 30/4 01/5 I mv "APL KOREA" V.006E TOKYO/YOKO 20/4 21/4 mv "ALLIGATOR MIRACLE" V.***** I j LONG BEACH ALL USA PORTS 22/4 23/4 mv "HY. COMMODORE" V.034E CALL B'PORE: EILEEN, PHYLISS, XIUHUA PKL: CHEW/VIVIEN PEN: YEN NEE/KHOO 9 JIN XING DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PTE
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      230 44 ATTRACTIVE* FCL/LCL RATES TOr 'aJA MK O.K. LINEFULL CONTAINER SERVICE 8 1 PORE/JAKARTA WML VOY M XT W 2M« 27/ M TMOMBW 7291/72K 2M4 Ml S'PORE/SURABAYA/SEMARANQ vE»sa voy m MB ■w 2M4 2ftft4 «*«ir IW-1 M VESSELS BERTH AT W-1 AND UTPK-2 M JAKAttI i— GEMARTRANS HBP a 7? Bib
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