The Business Times, 11 November 1989

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 45/12/88 Weekend Edition, November 11-12 1989 75 CENTS
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  • 393 1 Agencies THE BERLIN WALL, symbol of East-West divisions in Europe for nearly three decades, gaped wide open yesterday. Elated East Germans flocked by the thousands without visas to West Berlin after their communist government lifted exit restrictions on Thursday in
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  • 392 1  -  NOT VIABLE TO HAVE FLAGSHIP STORE IN ORCHARD ROAD By SUZANNE SOH EXORBITANT RENTALS are holding back French perfume and fashion house Nina Ricci from opening its own store on Orchard Road. "We want to open a flagship store in Singapore," said Laurence
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  • 292 1 THE NIGHT before Christmas will see life coming to a standstill at Printemps department store. The six-year-old store in the Meridien Hotel shopping complex shuts down on Christmas Eve and its staff of 65 will be retrenched. BT understands that its owner, Luxury Hotels,
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  • 538 1  -  By ELAINE KOH SINGAPORE Press Holdings, benefiting from higher advertising revenues and lower overheads, has reaped a bumper harvest of $95.28 million after tax and minorities. This is a 29 per cent jump from the previous year's profits, which were $73.88 million after taking
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  • 90 1 Reuter THE TAIWAN government, facing widespread public anger over the rocketing price of housing, yesterday proposed to make available more than US$l.5 billion in emergency housing loans. The Finance Ministry said the proposal involved a special fund for adults who do not own their own homes.
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  • 43 1 AP THE New York Stock Exchange yesterday reported a small fire in the room housing its computers and said that the start of trading would be delayed. The Dow was expected to open unchanged to a couple of points lower. AP
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  • 44 1 AP LONDON share prices were higher at mid-day yesterday, led upward by bank stocks. At about 12.15 pm (1215 GMT), the FTSE 100-shsre index was up 19.8 points, or 0.9 per cenL at 2,221.5 points, up from an earlier low of 2,196.3. AP
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  • 145 1 STOCKMARKETS IN Singapore and Tokyo rose yesterday, despite Well Street's overnight fall. In Singapore, the Strsits Times Industrisls Index roee 6.75 points to finish st 1,331.90, while the Business Times Composits Indsx gainsd 6.19 points to 1,201.09. Ths broader market was slightly mixsd with 127 rises
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  • 158 1 tUn nL I hi ifl i 9VOCK inotcvs FrMoy ST Industrials Index 1331.99 6^5) •T Compodto Index 1201.09 6.19 NST Industrial Index 2458*4 6*3 HK Hang Seng Index 2776*6 (-4*8 Tokyo Nickel Average *****.20 5.78 C A |j jyarwy AH-\jfoinon#i 1636* (-12*) Thundery New York (Dow J
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 381 2  -  LEE BOON YANG EMPHASISES IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION By DEXTER LEE DR LEE BOON YANG, Senior Minister of State (Ministry of National Development Home Affairs), last night called for closer financial cooperation between Singapore and Arab financial centres. Opening the Inter-Arab Cambist Association
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    • 214 2 PRODUCTIVITY is going down to the grassroots. Industry associations of five industries taking part in the National Productivity Board's Productivity Management and Project Team (PROMPT) are organising their own productivity month activities over the next fortnight the first time that the movement is going
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    • 357 2  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA SOUTH-EAST ASIA'S first ferrite powder plant in Tuas will eventually boast a sizeable value-added per worker of $300,000 annually, more than five times the average for the manufacturing sector last year. Lee Suan Hiang, director of the Economic Development Board's
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    • 459 2 THE BATTLE of the airwaves is hotting up, with one new station launched yesterday and at least two others expected to come on the air before the end of next year. Radio Batam's second station. Coast 100,
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    • 105 2 Confirmed CPF savings rate to be raised to 3.77pc THE CENTRAL Provident Fund Board yesterday announced that it will raise the CPF savings rate from the present 3.39 per cent to 3.77 per cent with effect from Jan 1. 1990. This announcement confirms an earlier BT report that the Board
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    • 310 2 THE RECIPIENTS of this year's highest National Day honours received their awards from President Wee Kim Wee last night. Mr Lee Hee Seng, chairman of the Public Service Commission, was conferred the Distinguished Service Order at the investiture of the 1989
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    • 189 2 IN A MOVE to encourage more women to go to work, the People s Action Party Women's Wing is setting up the Neighbourhood Family Infant Care Scheme. Organised under the auspices of the PAP Community Foundation, it will be launched soon on a
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    • 372 2 SOXAL L SINGAPORE OXYGEN Air Liquide's $30 million investment in a new plant reflects confidence in the Singapore economy, says Mr Ng Pock Too, political secretary in the Prime Minister's Office. Speaking at the opening of Soxal's new air
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    • 366 2  -  By QUAK HIANG WHAI WORLD OIL PRICES may rise sharply in the short run if Soviet coal miners go on a major strike, forcing the Soviet Union to cut back its oil exports. This possible scenario was painted yesterday by Charles
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    • 240 2 SINGAPORE Trade Development Board (TDB) chairman Alan Yeo will lead a trade miaaion to the Soviet Union later thia month to promote bilateral trade, eepecially in consumer goods and commodities. As the Soviet government has embarked on a programme to
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 218 2 -WEATHllir^ Global temperatures and weather forecast city Max/ Note OUTLOOK: Showers Mln ov r xnril areas In ,h 'at* morning and early afternoon. Aberdeen 12/07 Shown Report for 24 hours prior Amsterdam 15/10 Showers 7 i 3opm Nov 9ot Afhtm 22/09 Sunny 3Show#r> Bangkok 33/26 Fair Mta, tamo 23 3
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • 385 3 Agencies PHILIPPINE President Corazon Aquino, pursuing her quest for more US trade and economic support heard President George Bush tie such help to Washington's concern about keeping its big military bases in her country. Only hours after Mr Bush and
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    • 195 3 Reuter THE PHILIPPINES, trying to woo new overseas capital while President Corazon Aquino is in the US, is easing foreign equity restrictions and says investment is booming. Trade and Industry Undersecretary Tomas Alcantara says investment is running at three times the level of last year,
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    • 266 3 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN government is investing more than Msl billion to upgrade the country's infrastructure, especially its road and rail systems, to reduce the distribution cost of products, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Or Ling Liong Sik said yesterday. Ports were also being
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    • 450 3 Reuter SOVIET state airline Aeroflot, whose poor service has made it the butt of jokes by Soviet air passengers, will soon face competition from a consortium set up by its own pilots, Izvestia said on Thursday. The government newspaper said the new
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    • 94 3 Reuter A MYSTERIOUS manufacturer has started selling a new brand of cigarettes called "Solidarity" in Warsaw, the official news agency PAP said on Thursday. It said the packets bore the independent trade union's characteristic logo but did not identify who produced them. Solidarity
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    • 184 3 AP A MAJOR Japanese construction company said on Thursday that it has designed a 500-storey skyscraper for Tokyo, a project it said was made possible by Japan's advanced techniques to protect buildings in earthquakes. "There is no immediate plan to start building it,"
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    • 553 3 REMARKS INDICATE DENG WILL STILL BE A POWERFUL FORCE Reuter CHINESE leader Deng Xiaoping said yesterday his mind wss clear and that he still had a political role to play despite resigning from his last Communist
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    • 440 3 AP CHINA condemned the US Congress on Thursdsy for pressing ahead with plans for wide-rang-ing sanctions against Beijing, saying they would "cast new shadows" on Sino-American ties. A Party spokesman also accused Washington of being "too deeply involved"
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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  • FOCUS
    • 768 4 The Berlin Wall separates not just the two Germanys but is a profound statement of the East-West divide in general. FOCUS examines the popular response to the East German government's decision of opening its borders to citizens; and reactions in West Germany and elsewhere. Plus a reminiscencing
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    • 449 4 Cheers and fears in the US and Europe Agencies PRESIOENT George Bush on Thursday hailed East Germany's opening of its borders aa a "good development", but privately, his administration is growing concerned that the post-War European order is coming apart before any new stable structure has been established. Speaking at
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    • 610 4  -  By DAVID CHEW GERMANS and other freedomloving peoples all over the world have long regarded the 160 km Berlin Wall as a symbol of oppression since it was erected in 1961 to stem the increasing tide of East Berliners fleeing their communist homeland to
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    • 220 4 AFP THE MASSIVE FLOW of East Germans into West Germany is beginning to arouse some sharp political tensions in the host country, and some local officials are even demanding a halt to the flood of refugees. The Mayor of Hannover Ui northern
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 358 5 tauter LONDON faces growing competition as an international financial centre as deregulation increases the appeal of other cities, the Bank of England has admitted. In an article released ahead of its Quarterly Bulletin, the central bank said London's
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    • 433 5 BARCLAYS, NATWEST LIKELY TO FOLLOW SUIT AFP LLOYDS BANK said on Thursday that it was raising its provisions for doubtful loans to 29 Third World countries by £1.2 billion (US$l.9 billion). The move, barely three months after a general rise in provisions
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    • 355 5  -  By QUAK HIANG WHAI A TOP property trust executive yesterday predicted the emergence of'a strong and healthy Malaysian property trust industry in future. Mr N Murugiah, chief executive of Arab-Malaysia Property Trust Management (AMPTM), said the emergence of the industry will provide greater depth
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    • 117 5 Bernama BANK NEGARA seized M 5250.000 in cash and Msl.s million worth of property from a cooperative which was alleged to haye cheated its depositors in Sabah, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Thursday. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Wan Abu Bakar Wan Mohamad said Syarikat
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    • 172 5 AP FEDERAL LAW enforcement officials have announced a crackdown on a US$36O million international money laundering scheme, the largest in Brazilian hlstofy. Justice Minister Saulo Ramos told reporters on Thursday that Rio police cracked a two-year foreign exchange scam involving at least 15 major Brazilian
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 253 5 SINGAPORE: RUBBER prices closed little changed yesterday with Dec 1 RSS buyer quoted at 164.25 cents a kg, down half a cent from Thursday's close. On the TSR-20 Award market, prices rose slightly in the afternoon, erasing early falls. Trading was quiet. Dec buyer was quoted at 153.00 cents
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    • 170 5 Reuter THE Kuala Lumpur Tin Market continued Ms downward fctnd yesterday, (ailing 36 sen to does at 18.97 ringglt a kg duo to followthrough speculative selling on the London Metal Exchange. Opening bids were at five tonnes, offers at 40. Some miners preferred to sell stocks for fear
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    • 344 5 RAS prices In S cent*/%8. FOB In bnlM NOON CLOSE Buyers Sailers Buyers SeMors bit 1 RSS Prompt 160.25 161.25N 161.25 162.25N Int 1 RSS Doc 163.25 163.75 164.25 164^5 Inr 1 RSS Jon 90 166.50 167.00 167.50 168.00 In* 2 RSS OP 159.00 161.00N 160.00 162.00N
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    • 612 5 Bernama Reuter MALAYSIAN CRUDE PALM OIL FUTURES closed higher yesterday in active trading on the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE) on short covering activity and operators' reaction to lower stock estimates. The market opened about unchanged but was pulled up when a private on-line financial information service reported
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    • 115 5 CHICAGO Board of Trade soybean futures closed with modest gains on Thursday after prices rose late in sympathy with CBOT soy product futures and on talk USDA's production estimate may be less than many analysts forecast. USOA will release its latest crop production report at 1400 CST. Commission house
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    • 142 5 Reuter CHICAGO soft red winter wheat futures closed with light losses but above the session's weakest levels. Exporters Cargill, Continental Grain and Elders were best sellers against buying spread among several commission houses. Dry conditions in the Great Plains hard red winter wheat areas limited losses in new-crop contracts.
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    • 196 5 Chinese Produce Exchange Sellers' nor dosing prices on Nov 10 (S$/100 kg) Coconut oil Bulk FOB 89.00 Old drum FOB 99.00 Now drum FOB 103.00 Copra Mixed (loos*) 51.00 sellers Pepper ti. ijtffWWvH wTWie FOB NiW 405.00 Sarawak white FOB foq NLW 455.00 Sarawak spedol block FOB Ntw
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    • 142 5 Telerate PRICES held steady from Thursday's levels in light trade. Potential sellers indicated slightly higher numbers after a refiner purchased November cargoes at $97 mt and $96.50 mt fob Sing through ITT. Buyers on the other hand remained sidelined. South Korean intereeted was heard for December
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 1036 6 SINGAPORE: The dollar closed slightly lower in Singapore in quiet trading yesterday on continued speculation the Bank of Japan is under pressure to raise its discount rste. The dollar fell to close at 142.85/96 yen from New York's close of 143.06/09 but was steady at 1.8515/25 marks. The
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    • 199 6 London Commodity Exchange Buyer/Seller dosing prices on Nov 9, (£/tonne unless specified). Previous dosing prices in parenthesis. Coffee Bash in-sfor* London, toilers option OF London Nov 700/702 (706/709) KBgh/Low 706/698 Jan 689/690 (690/691) High/Low 696/681 Sot** (2373) Cocoa D«c 740/742 (727/729) High/Low 741/730 Mar 703/705 (699/700) High/low 706/699
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    • 182 6 Gold futures on November 9, 1989 100 tray ounces; USS par tray ounca Opon Mfh Low Mta Now 387.10 -170 OK 390.70 391.40 388 40 ***** -1.80 Job 90 391.30 -1 JO Fob 395.00 396J0 393.10 39X60 -1.80 Apr 400.00 400.20 397.50 398.10 -1 JO Jim 404.30
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    • 401 6 HONGKONG: Gold closed marginally firmer in quiet, thin trade yesterday as investors adopted a wait-and-see attitude in the absence of indications from the US market and a quiet dollar market. Late Swiss and local speculative buying offset early US Producer selling, they said. "Traders were reluctant to take
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    • 269 6 Reuter ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed at their opening levels yesterday, after thin trading. Short-dates weakened 1/8 point at the outset on lower US Federal funds rate, but were unchanged in subsequent trade. Weekend and week-fixed closed at 8-1/2 8-3/8 pet each. Term rates were stable at
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    • 167 6 Reuter Eurodollar futures yesterday closed quietly steady on Simex on short-covering and weekend book-equaring. December closed unchanged at Chicago's 91.64 while March rose to 92.08 from 92.07. Around 5,885 lots were traded. Only three calls and two puts changed hands in Eurodollar options. Three-month Euroyen futures ended lower amid
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    • 396 6 i raairvg an pvuiviiiuvi iv, ivw Opan lo« W DM Op/to Vol EURODOLLAR OK 89 91 M> 9166 91.64 91.65 2393 14*77 7241 Mar 90 92.07 92.09 92.06 92.08 2928 ***** 5492 Ju» 90 9X12 9X14 92.11 9X13 371 S144 1057 Sap 90 92.00 92.03 9X00 92.02 318 924
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    • 275 6 IMM CURRENCY futures closed a quiet session mixed on Thursday, with some high-yield currencies higher. Australian and Canadian dollar futures drew strength from their high-yield status, reinforced by the Federal Reserve s move this week to allow the fed funds rate to dip to 8-1/2 pet. Nearby Canadian contracts
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    • 52 6 THE overnight rate on the Singapore money market rose by 1/8 to 5 1/2. The term rates remained unchanged. S$ Interbank rates at the dose yesterday: OFFEt MO 0»«rniflW SI/3 S 3/8 l-aortti S 3/8 S 1/4 S 3/8 S 1/4 3H-aMt> S 3/8 S 1/4 Ov«might mod*
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    • 107 6 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's dosing Day's code Maturity BIO OFFER HKX LOW 3 months 8Q*****E 08.02.90 4.43 4.38 6 months BS*****V 18.01.90 4.43 4.38 1 y«or BY*****Z 18.10.90 4.38 4.33 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's dosing Day's code rate MO OFFER HIGH
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    • 180 6 Indicates th* of Uf9 pnmt NHiGfng rivti Of 12 mafor banks In S'pora Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on Nov 10 US* DM SWFC Y«n 7 "1™ ••/>* 7/14 IS —U 7/1 7 13/1* 11/14 7 t 7/1 41/1 4 I mk 9/14 7/14 IS 14 7/4 77/1-7
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    • 1279 6 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS Friday Novwnb*r 10 1989 DEUTSCHE MARK (MMEX) D*c M call* OkNpuH 52 54 JAPANESE YEN (SIMEX) 0«c M caN* D«c n put* Mlgr. Low SM High Low M 75 Z Z CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS IMM Thursday, Nov«mb«r 9 1989 BRITISH POUND U2.900; cwtfs pmt Mi c—
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  • COMPANIES & STOCK MARKETS
    • 705 7 By HOCK LOCK SIEW THE ANNOUNCEMENT by Singapore Telecom to privatise and offer shares to the public brought little cheer to the local stockbroker, the man in the street, the foreign fund manager and the merchant banker. It was difficult to get
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    • 283 7 Bernama MYCOM Bhd is currently evaluating various business proposals to enhance the profitability of its group, says chairman Mohd Tamrin Abdul Ghafar. In his latest 1989 annual report, Mr Mohd Tamrin said that this was in addition to maintaining a steady rental income and seeking
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    • 180 7 THE SAMTA group has sold its entire stake in Sim Lim Investments to the Summa group which is making a takeover bid for Sim Lim. Samta announced yesterday that it has accepted Summa Surya International's offer of $1.60 for each
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    • 591 7 Conversion terms Premium; Amount Prices (as at 10.11.89) (discount) Expiry issued Optional" y (m units) Wrts j Share Ln stk Ln stk Cash Cash 1 I Ln stk 2 Gearing 4 p nom Date nnths value left CKTang 16.9 2 850 5.400 1.00 2.25 -6 1
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    • 615 7 BREADTH AND DEPTH WILL BE ENHANCED, SAYS KLSE GENERAL MANAGER Reuter THE KUALA LUMPUR stock market, long overshadowed by its more sophisticated cousin in Singapore, is set to burgeon after its 16-year link with the Singapore bourse is severed. Malaysian officials and
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    • 484 7 MBT GUINNESS MALAYSIA Bhd is to carry out a complete review of the marketing. operating and financial aspects of its brewing business after shareholder approval is obtained for its proposed merger with Malayan Breweries (Malaysia) on Nov 14. The whole programme
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    • 1124 8  -  by ABDUL HADHI PROPERTY STOCKS led the Singapore stock market yesterday in lifting share prices in moderate trading. Brokers said buying sentiment was spurred by the return Qt some institutional buyers who had hogged the sidelines recently. Admitting surprise, one broker said: "This must
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    • 307 8 Managtn' pricti for Nov 11 13 Royal Trust Ass«t Mgt IT S pore Gr Fund 0805* 0865* IT Ana Poc Gf Fund 1065 1.145 t. t. 9 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1 18 125 The Savings Fund 101 107 S'por* frog fuod 045 049 S'fxxt W Fund
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    • 48 8 QANDA HOLDING BERHAO: EGM at 10th floor. Wisma Central. Jalan Ampang,so4so Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today at 10.30 am ROTHMANB OF PALL MALL (MALAYSIA) BHD: 28th AGM at Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel, 2 Jalan Barat. ***** Petaling Jaya, Selangor Oarui Ehsan. on Nov 13, Monday, at 2.30pm.
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    • 6418 8 Gr's Of'i 1989 Tel Last Vol Day Last Quota Dlv Dlv Y'ld Nat M Cap High Low Coda Company Sale 4- or- (*000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Smll NOV 10 SESDAQ 330 120 t 4000 Amtek Eng 20# 328 call +18 84 330 314 328
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 146 7 The Business Times WRMjUJ Friday, October 27,1989. r O F I T sse t s 3 D EB T mmi 4FIS C A L sBl N V E S T Saturday, October 28,1989. IF U T U RES FUNDS HI MIXED SIM E X BONUS Monday, October 30,1989. R A
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  • KLSE
    • 3512 9 MBT SHARE PRICES closed mixed on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday in extremely quiet trsding. The session also saw the end of the open-cry system as the last of the 48 counters will be placed under Score (System on Computerised Order Routing and Execution) from
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  • REGIONAL MARKETS
    • 253 10 SALE ONE OF His BIGGEST PROPERTY DEALS AFP JAPAN'S EIE Corporation has bought two Auckland properties from Chase New Zealand Property Group for NZ$l6O million, the two companies announced on Thursday. A joint statement said that the sale, which is subject to approval from
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    • 415 10 AFP A TAIWAN CONSORTIUM including both government and private tunda will spend some US$2OO million to buy the US-baaed WYSE Technology Inc. caah-rich Taiwan s largest-ever overseas acquieition. If completed, the aale would aiao mark the first buyout of a Hated US
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    • 87 10 AFP AJINOMOTO CO, Japan's largest integrated food proceasing company, la to form a Joint venture with a Taiwan food-maker to produce frozen food in Taiwan. The Ajinomoto-Tong Haing Co. capitaiiaed at about 990 million yen. will be 65 per cent owned by Ajinomoto and
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    • 147 10 Reuter ESSO Production Maiayaia Inc (EPMI), a unit of Exxon Corp, aaid ita operationa and development coats in Maiayaia would aoar to 1.5 billion ringgit (US$556 million) next year, a 50 per cent increaae over 1969. EPMI's production manager. Larry Smedley, said the bulk
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    • 623 10 Tokyo Reuter, AFP TH6 Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange reached new heights yesterday before slipping in a crosscurrent of arbitrage selling and incentive-back-ed buying. The 225-lasue Nikkei Stock Average, which gained 61.83 on Thursday, ended 5.78 up. or 0.02 per cent, to close at 35.863.20 on
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    • 505 10 Australia Reuter AUSTRALIA'S share market finished weaker yesterday after its gold-inspired rally ran out of steam and following Wall Street's late sell-off. The All Ordinaries Index closed 12.5 points down at 1,636.3, near the day's low. The All Industrials Index closed at 2567.6, down 17.7 and the
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    • 1270 10 Hongkong HONGKONG stocks slipped steadily yesterday after an earty burst of buying. inspired by news that China's top leader Deng Xiaoping had resigned from his last Communist Party poet petered out The drop followed Thursday's mors than 50point hike on the news of Mr Deng's
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    • 382 10 Reuter THE Taiwan stock indax closed lower on profit-tak-ing after early gains yesterday, brokers said. Tha weighted index slipped 7.08 points to 10.127.05. Turnover was NTS 129.9 billion against NT5126.97 billion on Thursday. Brokers said buying by large players trying to calm investors nervous before the December
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    • 242 10 Reuter STRONG buying support for Thai construction blue chlpe pushed the stock index up yesterday while most other sectors remained quiet, brokers said. The SET Index closed 6.46 points higher at 722.74 in very active trade. Gains outnumbered losses 52 to 48. Most active were Padaeng
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    • 75 10 Reuter TURNOVER on the Jakarta stock markat nearly doubled to 1.26 million shares yesterday from Thursday's 685,945. with chemical firm Unggul Indah Corporation dominating trade, the exchange said. The exchange's index gained 0.35 points to 435.92, while the Jardine Fleming Nusantara index was 0.07 points higher at
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    • 288 10 Reuter SEOUL stocks surged ahead yesterday from Thursday s record gains as investors continued to buy on news of marketboosting features, brokers said. The compoeite index roee 20.38 points to close at 927.59. Brokers said the market centred on construction, trade and financial securities, with all three
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    • 195 10 Reuter PHILIPPINE shares closed mixed yesterday but gains posted by mining issues pushed the main stock index to a new record high, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index edged 0.04 points up to close at 1,363.27, the fourth time this week It has breached
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    • 84 10 Reuter NEW ZEALAND shares ended higher in dull trade yeaterday. the Barclays Index rising 10.72 points to finish at 2,070.40. "It was pretty boring," one broker said. Wilson Neili's vastly improved interim profit, which included an extraordinary gain of NZ513.61 million, was released too late to
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    • 349 10 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF RICHARD PRECISION METALS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Wlnding-Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at 101-A Upper Cross Street, #11-22 People's Park Centre, Singapore 0105 on Monday,
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    • 348 10 irrmrasrtireF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO ANO IN THE MATTER OF THE ASIATIC TRADERS SENOIRIAN BERHAO (In Voluntary Liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held on 9th November 1989, the following Special Resolutions were duly passed 1. That THE ASIATIC TRADERS
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    • 334 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF SEAH GUAT UM ENTERPRISES PTE LTD (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Seah Ouat Llm Enterprises Pte Ltd duly convened and held at 6 Mart la Road
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    • 34 10 LLAR$ AND NON$EN$ c 1864 (MMO f Him SyndtcaM.mc 3 > I i 1/ 11 fe £-J- 1 •v—roo 0- "Whenever it's a damp drizzly November in my soul, I do a little profit taking."
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  • WORLD MARKETS
    • 891 11 New York Reuter WALL STREET stocks closed lower on Thursday after investors waited in vain for major banks to cut their prime interest rates and after the Federal Reserve gave no further indications of easing credit, traders said. Traders and analysts also said
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    • 841 11 London Reuter SHARE PRICES met renewed demand shortly after a dull start yesterday to the last day of the account, following news of Unilever's third quarter results. By 0944 GMT the FTSE index was 10.1 points up at 2,212.0 having opened at 2,198.3 on volume
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    • 1418 11 Reuter PARIS: French share prices were firmer by mid-session yesterday as renewed interest in Metaleurop and a handful of other special situation stocks offset concern about Wall Street's weakness on Thursday, dealers said. The CAC-40 index was 0.35 points up at 1,801.44 by 1100 GMT after opening
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    • 98 11 Reuter OIL GIANTS Shell and BP on Thursday unveiled lower third-quarter profits, blaming crude oil price volatility on world markets Royal Dutch/Shall Group said net income for the third quarter of the year fell to £662 million (US$l.O3 billion), 16 per cent lower than the
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    • 110 11 HONGKONG All Industrials MmmVmma 1 Fridoy 2,587 6 nongxong maex Thundov 2 605 3 ™°V '-827*5 Z6352 Thundoy 1*3059 090 WMk ago 1803 61 NEW YORK Hang Song Indox Dow Jones Frtdoy 2.776 86 Thurlrfm 3iimA9 wHZk 0 97*79 VV«dn«6oy 2.***** W# Z 739 79 WMk ago 2.*****
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    • 292 11 Reuter ANALYSTS in London have ruled out a rival takeover offer for Rothmans International Ltd. Rothmans Tobacco (Holdings) Ltd (RTH), a unit of Swiss-based Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG, earlier said it will acquire the Rothmans International shares it does not already own.
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    • 746 11 Sv SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 1989 The Directors have pleasure in announcing the audited results of the Group for the year ended 31st August 1989. CROUP COMPANY Change 1. 1989 1988 or 1989 1988 Ssooo SSOOO SSOOO Ssooo Turnover
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  • 486 12 BLOW TO BALANCED BUDGET GOAL AFP THE Chinese government has poured another 4.1 billion yuan (US$l.l billion) into mon-ey-losing state factories in a quick blow to a just-stated goal of balancing its red-ink budget. The latest loan to crippled large industrial enterprises, reported by
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  • 412 12  -  TDB ADVISES COMPANIES NOT TO OVERBID FOR OUOTAS By GENEVIEVE CUA OZONE-OEPLETING GASES will be put on the block for the second time this year starting today, and suppliers and endusers contacted by BT are bracing themselves for even higher quota prices. The Trade Development
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  • 142 12 AP FORMER Beatles Paul McCartney. George Harrison, Ringo Starr and the wife of the late John Lennon have settled a series of lawsuits among themselves and their record companies, ending a decade of legal fights. The settlements between the members of the group,
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  • 483 12  -  By WILLIAM CHIA A FORMER deputy chief dealer of the Arab Banking Corporation was charged in court yesterday on three counts of cheating related to foreign exchange transactions. Tan Kia Pin had on several occasions in May 1988 deceived his bank into
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  • 478 12 Reuter HONGKONG'S major international debt issuer, the Mass Transit Railway Corporation, is staging a road-show for overseas investors to try to counter the drag effect of China's political upheaval on the colony's borrowing prospects. "It's necessary to make sure overseas investors
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  • 186 12 SHIPPING TIMES is growing. From Monday, we add two pages to the section in order to bring readers a bigger package of local, regional and worldwide news. There will be a better mix of news and features on the various sectors of the marine industry. Readers
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  • 275 12 Reuter SOUTH KOREAN planners' promise of measures to boost the slowing economy has sent the Seoul stock market skyrocketing but economists said yesterday that they expected no fundamental policy change. Finance Minister Lee Kyusung told reporters yesterday that his ministry was working on
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  • 151 12 AP A US Federal Reserve Board governor says the bank needs to reduce inflation to about 3 per cent in 1990 and he expects to meet that goal in the first half of the year. "We do need to get in the 3
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  • LATE FILE
    • 65 12 AFP NORTH Korea's official media yesterday extolled its rigid socialist system, resuming a propaganda campaign against the rising tide of reform in Eastern Europe. "Our socialist state provides all the people with jobs according to their aptitude and talents and takes care of them so that
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    • 29 12 AFP AUSTRALIA and New Zealand yesterday settled details of a US$3.3 billion joint-frig-ate project, with the first keel to be laid in about two years.
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    • 54 12 AP THAILAND'S largest commercial bank has projected that the country's economy will grow 10.4 per cent this year, then drop to 9.4 per cent In 1990. The Bangkok Bank said that there wera many signs that the economy would cool down late this year and
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    • 43 12 Reuter US TRADE Representative Carla Hills told Japanese Trade Minister Hikaru Matsunaga in Tokyo yesterday that global trade talks could not succeed if Japan and the US, the world's two largest trading nations, could not settle their disputes.
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    • 35 12 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN Finance Ministry's tax division is working out the detailed plan to make Labuan a tax haven. Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Zain Azraai said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
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    • 34 12 AFP A SENIOR Malaysian official said yesterday that Britain still supported Asean's position on Cambodia in spite of its recent announcement distancing itself from the Khmer Rouge. AFP
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  • 69 12 COMEX GOLD futures were slightly lower in quiet early trading yesterday. The session was expected to be quiet and featureless. US government offices were closed in observance of the Veteran's Day holiday. Scattered commission house activity brought December US$l.OO lower to US$3BB.OO an ounce. Deferred February was down
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  • Executive Lifestyle
    • 1378 13  -  To many an untravelled Westerner, the Chinese woman is more likely than not Joan Chen if he's lucky, Nancy Kwan if he's distinguished and the Empress Dowager if he's dead. Thanks to many a supposedly travelled author. Now, will the real Chinese woman please speak
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    • 317 13 KOBE'S Merikien Park may have once too often been the scene of errant canines and not a few headaches. Among the explicit rules for visit tors are prohibitions from playing games with a hard ball, and leaving your dog in the park. (CARRIED in London's no-nonsense
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    • 608 13  -  with SANGEETA MULCHAND THERE'S SOMETHING about a friendship that spans a quarter of a century that warms the heart. Mother-in-law problems, nappy-rash, even juvenile delinquents claiming to be your kids astonishingly fade away when there's someone who understands. Well, someones would be more appropriate in this
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    • Commentary
      • 993 14  -  ASAD LATIF The writer is the Foreign Editor of Business Times. RICHARD NIXON'S VISIT to China last month brought back more than newspaper memories. The memories, sharpened into understanding by time, were there memories of how the former US President had neatly
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      • 774 14  -  LEE HAN SHIH The writer is the Property Cor- respondent of Business Times, n THE PROPERTY MARKET, like any other market, has its booms and busts, its upswings of euphoria and downswings of despondency. In its moments of optimism, along with spiralling
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      • 731 14  -  Letters to the Editor Charlie Lau Suan Liat (JOB tecurtttM Dear Sir, The Malaysian Finance Minister has finally spoken in Parliament to divorce the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore stock exchanges. Many must have seen this coming. The fact that it did not
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      • 146 14  -  Company Secretary Dear Sir, I refer to my letter (BT, Oct 14-15) in which I asked the AG's Chambers to clarify if the investment fluctuation reserve (IFR) kept under Section 363 of our Companies Act is available to fund dividends. I understand that
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      • 142 14  -  D W Distant Dear Sir, In August 1987, I bought units in Union Gold Fund at $1 par. I stay clear of unit trusts but made this an exception to oblige a friend who was involved in setting it
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      • 435 14  -  Farok Majeed Chairman, Renovation A Decoration Advisory Council of the Consumers' Association of Singapore Dear Sir, We refer to the letter "Horror stories renovation contractors have to put up with" in The Straits Times (Oct 27). The Renovation Decoration
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      • 83 14  -  D W Distant Dear Sir I refer to the letter from Robinsons' chief executive (BT, Nov 4-5) quoting financial data to show the company's positive progression over the last five years. But the fact remains that based on ROE, Robinsons came out last of the
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      • 93 14  -  Rigor Mortie Dear Sir, There are many more coughs and colds associated these days with flying than years ago, perhaps because ventilation on planes is not as good as it used to be. It would be better to have
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    • Executive Lifestyle: Entertainment & Pursuits
      • 1202 15  -  Every time there's a beauty pageant, everyone goes ga-ga over the girls. But how about sparing a thought for the poor emcee whose unenviable task it is to make the girls look good, intellectually, as well as physically? With the Miss Tourism Singapore pageant behind us,
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      • Article, Illustration
        702 15  -  v LANGUAGE By DAVID BRAZIL David Brazil is a sub-editor from London, currently with The New Paper. WHEN I STARTED my often enjoyable work with The New Paper, I carried some of my London ways with me. At the beginning, I felt really odd to wear a shirt
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      • 606 17  -  FOOD By QUEK SWEE PENG THE MENU is as menus should be a listing of courses and courses and courses. But this is no ordinary menu. It is the menu of a master chef whose Citrus Restaurant in Los Angeles was voted in 1988 the best new restaurant
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      • 912 17  -  HEALTH By RICHARD SEAH Richard Seah is the editor of The Good Life, a health magazine. PROFESSOR doctor doctor is the correct way to address Karl Heinz Schmidt. "Doctor of science and doctor of medicine," explains the professor of experimental medicine at West Germany's Tubingen University.
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      • Article, Illustration
        1239 17  -  Compiled by JUANITA SHAKILA STAGE PERFORMANCES: Sadao Watanaba Watanabe jazzes up the stage at the World Trade Centre Auditorium, on Nov 27 28 at 8.30pm. Tickets at $80. $60, $40 and $25 are available at Jasper Productions and Tangs (2nd level. Customer Service Dept). tMdtar Loekwood Described as the
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      • 447 18  -  THEATRE By DEXTER LEE THERE ARE PLOTS and there are plots but the plot in House Guest takes the cake. Talk about convoluted. The bad guys kidnap a boy and give a mysterious demand to the boy's parents as ransom: play host to a stranger for
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      • SHORT TAKES
        • 111 18 WELL-KNOWN perfume house, Nina Ricci, has extended the designs of its perfume bottles to its latest range of watches launched recently in Singapore. Each timepiece model is crested to match the mood of its frsgrsnce lines. If you have ever wondered if the delicate layers of mother-of-pearl
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        • 170 18 THE CHAIRMAN of Dickson Concepts Ltd. Hongkong, flew in specially for a preview of Chopard jewellery and timepieces over st the Hystt last Tuesday. Mr Dickson Poon was in town, and so was the president of Chopsrd Geneve. Mr Karl Scheufele. Invited guests pored over the displsy cases
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        • 108 18 THE FASHION HOUSE of Csrven gave some 300 diners an opportunity on Thursday to view its extravagant Haute Couture Autumn-Winter Collection 1989/90 of day and evening wear. The occasion was a charity gala dinner at the Mandarin Hotel in aid of the Ex-Services' Association of Singapore. And to
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        • 58 18 THOSE who enjoyed The Msd Chinaman's sntics on tape can catch Dick Lee and sidekick Jscintha at Mandarin's Kasbah tonight at 11.30 pm. Fans looking for a fried rice paradise would hope that the Mad Chinaman characteristics! ly comes up with a few surprises beyond the "songs,
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      • 1330 18  -  AUCTIONS By QUEK SWEE PENG THE MILIEU of Picasso's bohemian gaiety mirrors only partially the true tomfoolery of harlequins. While the clowns are there; the cheer is not. Picasso's harlequins wear masks of extraordinary poignancy the downcast face, the distressed eyes, the drooping mouth. A quiet,
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      • 541 18  -  PROFILE *r Quek Swee Peng RICHARD THOMPSON unashamedly professes to being a typical, American artist. No pre-conceived pretensions. No presumed patterns. No airs. Just an artist at work. An artist who draws inspiration from the past, the present and the psychology of perception. The viewer is
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    • Executive Lifestyle: Pursuits
      • 799 16  -  By N K YONG SOME PAIRINGS of French and New World wines provided interesting comparisons during the recent International Festival of the International Wine and Food Society held in Singapore. The Sauvignon Blanc grape has become almost as übiquitous as the
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    • Executive Lifestyle: Sports
      • 562 20  -  GOLF By CHARLES SAVAGE Nf£Mf BOY on the block Samson Qimaon is showing the old guys how the game is played. He bttfted another 68 (34,34) yesterday for an eight-under 136, leaving his nearest rival eating dust six strokes behind. u l didn't expect
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      • 306 20 AP AUSTRALIAN Peter Senior shot a 4-under-par 68 yesterday to romp to a two-shot lead after the second round of the US$4OO,OOO Australian PGA golf championship at Riverside Oaks. Senior wielded his unorthodox long putter with great aplomb to reach the halfway stage
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      • 583 20  -  OM TMCK With JEROME FANDOR THE SINGAPORE MEET starting today features no less than tour important races. There is a competitive $100,000 Equinex Cup today over 1600 m, the feature race tomorrow for Class 1 thoroughbreds and the $50,000 BMW Performance Cup over
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      • 357 20 MOTOR-RACING AP FORMER world champion F-1 racer Ayrton Senna said on Thursday he was no longer sure he had the motivation needed to continue competing in the Formula One Grand Prix circuit, a sport he said was "manipulated by economic and political pressure groups".
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      • 341 20 TENNIS AP JAN GUNNARSSON of Sweden stunned defending champion Boris Becker 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday in a third-round match of the Stockholm Open tennis tournament. Gunnarsson, 27, played dream tennis. But the Swede, who was ranked 36th going into the tournament, had to stave
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      • 131 20 AP AUSTRALIAN Walfy Masur and Americans John McEnroe, Michael Chang and Brad Gilbert clinched quarter-final berths on Thursday in the U*****,000 Wembley tennis championship. The top-seeded McEnroe beat an erratic Eric Jelen of West Germany 6-4, 6-1, while Masur downed Martin Strelba of Czechoslovakia 7-6,
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      • 323 20 BASKETBALL AP CHARLES OAKLEY had 17 of his 22 points and 11 of his 18 rebounds in the second half and Patrick Ewing's dunk with 1:22 left gave the New York Knicks their first lead of the game in a 107-105 victory over
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    • Executive Jobs
      • 559 21  -  By SHOEB KAGDA HOW DOES one determine how much a job is worth? This is a question that increasingly will be asked by companies as they compete to recruit and maintain high-quality staff. Paying an employee his due is thus no longer a simple affair.
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      • 392 21 DYNAMAR Holdings has appointed Jake R Saady managing director. Mr Saady joined Dynamar Computer Products (Pte) Ltd, a subsidiary, in late August as general manager. In his new position, he will be responsible for all Asian operations. Mr Saady has extensive experience in manufacturing, engineering and marketing,
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      • 1332 21  -  A new breed of executives is needed at the helm of companies in the business world of the 21st century. For the CEO in particular, this not only means moving to a different drumbeat but spells challenging new demands, writes DAVID MARCHINGTON. DAVID MARCHINGTON
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      • 358 21  -  By TAN KEE WEE IF YOU know of a young executive who has poise and style, leadership qualities and achievements to match, and is eligible for a credit card, nominate him or her for the Baileys Executive of the Year 1990 Award. Starting
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    • Executive Lifestyle: Investment and Finance
      • 739 22  -  PERSONAL FINANCE By ALVIN TAY, Financial Editor THE EXISTING interest rate structure of banks and finance companies here clearly favours fixed deposits to savings deposits. The major local banks, for example, are paying 2.75 per cent to 3.25 per cent per annum for
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      • 151 22 Premature withdrawals what the rules say WITHDRAWAL of fixed depoeits before maturity will not normally be permitted. But where exceptions are made, interest payable shall be based on the lower of the following two rates: the interest rate originally contracted, and the interest rate for the completed periods of three,
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      • 902 22  -  By LI HIAW HO M Li Hiaw Ho is director, valuations, of Richard Ellis (Pte) Ltd CONDOMINIUMS make excellent investment options especially when there are no restrictions on foreign ownership. But in this bullish market, wise investors should still avoid rash speculation and consider more
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      • 176 22  -  CHARTPOINT -by Goola Warden OUB SaeurHlaa A POINT AND FIGURE TEST, and eventually, a break of trend took place in October, as evidenced by lines X on charts 1 and 2 of the STII. However, this is not enough to make a case for extreme
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      • 870 22 INTEREST-RATE SWAPS The Economist NOTHING seems to halt the growth of the markets tor inter-eet-rate and currency swaps. The twice-yearly survey by the International Swap Dealers Association shows that, at the end of 1968, US$l.3 trillion worth of swaps were outstanding. That is up by some
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      • 627 23  -  SESDAQ STOCKS By ANDREA BORCH TWO FORCES are working in the market to increase investors' enthusiasm for Singapore's junior board, Sesdaq, as shown by strong price gains and volume in the past few weeks. The spectre of the delisting of Malaysian counters from the Stock
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      • 552 23  -  GOLD OPTIONS By DEXTER LEE THE PRICE of gold has been on the rise lately, but market players remain wary about whether the uptrend is going to last. Gold experts, meanwhile, are split in their outlook for the yellow metal in the short term. In situations
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      • Don't quote me...
        • 118 23 THE CONCEPT of a Singapore-based multinational is relatively new, so it is not surprising that Singapore companies expanding overseas are sometimes greeted with disbelief by foreigners. A local listed company recently decided to move into the United States market by mounting a friendly takeover for a consumer goods
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        • 122 23 IN THE FILM Wall Street, Buddy Fox posed as a cleaner to gain entry into a law firm to extract vital information on corporate takeovers. If he had operated In Singapore, he needn't have bothered. Confidential material is sometimes available more easily. Recently, an insurance company gained notoriety
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      • 258 23  -  Money trends By C DOW Mr Dow is an investment manager with a major local publicly-listed company. NOT SURPRISINGLY, the current upward thrust in the price of gold has unfolded some rather bullish chart formation. An important downtrend line that had resisted every intermediate
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    • Executive Lifestyle: Entertainments, the Arts & Pursuits
      • 600 24  -  CINEMA By LAWRENCE TAN WATER WATER everywhere and not a fish in sight. But that's not the problem facing the intrepid cast of Thm Abyss. Neither is the matter of quenching their thirst. No, their albatross is a nuclear warhead fathoms underwater which is about to
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    • 316 15 BBmJBSS YOU HAVE STYLE. YOU HAVE SUBSTANCE. YOU DESERVE AN AWARD.I Should it be you... or, should it be someone Rewards share with your friends at Singapore's top JOl you know? The Baileys Executive of the Year trophy venues. ifeßik Achievement has become your second (specially commissioned Irish crystal). And
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    • 286 16 Whet? to entertain... Where to entertain... Where tv entertain... Where ft? Classics of Quangzhou NOVEMBER 6-19 "A good life is to be born in Suzhou, live in Hangzhou and eat in Guangzhou'*, so goes a well-known Chinese idiom. The Westin Plaza has brought in 3 master chefs from Guangzhou's renowned
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    • 1444 20 C ATI IPnAY BBC Highlights inhabitants reputation for believing only what OM lUKUMI Sunday, Nov 12th, B.ooam J*--qq/> Globe I heatre prises like the most modern and highly computDDv Twice a year Sam, an American novelist and erised newsroom in the world which serves as Henry, a British novelist and
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    • 122 21 p=— -J DHL IN THE NEWS Advertisement I DHL to nlau Qantfl The Sa ,a Pack promotion, IW H W launched on October 20 to beat the Phrintmnn Christmas rush, will run until December 31 onnsimas 18, enabling customers to send gifts to any of DHLs 175 country destinations. DHL
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    • 121 21 EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS IJb J. BALLAS CO PTE LTD (member of the J. Ballas Group of Companies) We are looking for conscientious forward looking and career minded persons to fill the following posts I DEALERS Holding Dealer's Representative Licence and servicing institutional and high networth clientele for Singapore and Malaysia equities
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    • 649 24 Zoot Suit, Today, 9.30pm, SBC 5 A confusing, powerful yet over-theatrical "stylised musical" based on the arrest of a Mexican-American gang for a murder, and efforts to free them. It touches on prejudice and all that stuff, and is based on Luis Valdez's stage play. In fact, this movie was
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