The Business Times, 27 December 1991

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  • 16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Friday December 27 1991 75®
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 74 1 SEOUL South Korea will make achieving economic stability rather than expansion a priority next year to curb inflation and a growing trade deficit, Economic Planning Minister Choi Gak Kyu said yesterday. In a report to President Roh Tae Woo, Mr Choi said
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    • 68 1 TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co Ltd yesterday both announced reorganisation plans aimed at, among other things, improving marketing activities at home and abroad. Toyota will reorganise to set up seven new divisions and two new executive committees. Nissan will set up a
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    • 23 1 PULAU Bayan Marina Club has officially divorced itself from bankrupt businessman Elyamani Khamis' now crumbled 'entertainment empire' Page 2
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    • 37 1 THE Japan Petroleum Exploration Co and Nissho Iwai Corp have signed an agreement to explore for oil off the Cambodian coast at a cost of US$ll million (SslB million) over four years Page 7
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    • 19 1 AMERICAN military aid is being diverted by some countries, says the General Accounting Office Page 8
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    • 36 1 THE Soviet state, marked throughout its brief but tumultuous history by great achievement and terrible suffering, died on Wednesday after a long and painful decline. It was 74 years old Page 11
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    • 30 1 PLACIDO Domingo, the mellifluous Spanish tenor, claims that his best performances are in the bath. 'It is a pity you cannot hear them.' he says Page 13
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    • 42 1 MEMBERS of the Ace group, major players in the trade between East Asia and Europe, will boost their current fortnightly Far East Express service by adding four more ships to the route next month. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 25 1 BLUE CHIP stocks in Wall Street moved up slightly yesterday by 0.45 point (0.01 per cent) to 3,051.43 five minutes after trading opened.
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    • 18 1 NEPTUNE Orient Lines is considering calling at the Colombo Port in Sri Lanka Page 3
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    • 30 1 ANTAH Holdings Bhd's oil and gas division is likely to contribute most to group earnings in the future, says chairman Tunku Naquiyuddin Tuanku Ja'afar Page 3
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    • 35 1 SINGAPORE'S Keppel Shipyard, India's Essar Shipping and the Chokhani Shipyard which operates a shipyard in Madras in collaboration with Keppel want to build a new US$3B.6 million (5562.8 million) shiprepair facility Page 3
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    • 25 1 AN INDIAN trade union will fight a private takeover bid for the Centaur group, a govern-ment-owned hotel operator, by bidding itself. Page 4
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    • 30 1 MALAYSIA'S central bank has introduced new guidelines for the issuing of charge and credit cards to curb indiscriminate consumer spending and to promote savings Page 6
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    • Article, Illustration
      27 1 Thursday Change BT-MGA 711.86 +4.33 Kuala Lumpur ....550.48 +0.70 Tokyo 22,555.07 93.90 Hongkong ckaed Sydney dosed Tieriay Change New York 3,050.98 +28.40 London 2,384. 39
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    • 22 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6265 100 Yen SS 1.2837 MS SS 0.5947 Money market rates Overnight 4 +11/2 3-month 3 +3/16
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    • 35 1 London Gold AM fix USSClosed USS Rubber S'pore Jan Closed'/kg M'sia Jan Gosed'/kg KL Tin Turnover 55 tonnes unch Spot MSI4 81/kg +0.08 Crude palm oil Turnover 1,305 lots +278 Jan MS919 /tonne +10
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  • 420 1  -  Proposed USs3B.6m project on India's west coast By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Keppel Shipyard is said to be one of three companies holding discussions with the Indian government to build a major US$3B.6 million (5562.8 million) shiprepair facility on the country's west
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  • 400 1  -  They are alleged to have made multiple share applications By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE The Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) is expected to charge seven people today for allegedly making multiple share applications. At least three of them are said to be prominent members of Singapore's
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  • 480 1 The death of the Soviet Union Reuter MOSCOW The former Soviet Union entered a new era yesterday without Mikhail Gorbachev at the helm of power as the Soviet legislature recognised the new commonwealth and voted itself out of existence. Mr Gorbachev, the first
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  • 245 1 Reuter TBILISI, Georgia Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia said yesterday he will not surrender to rebel guardsmen laying siege to the republic's Parliament for a fifth consecutive day. "We shall not surrender. We have enough forces and we can stay and win," he told the US
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  • 410 1  -  From Shoeb Kagda in YANGON THE Singapore-based Maya Group, one of the world's largest makers of mosquito coils, has teamed up with one of Myanmar's largest private firms to produce mosquito coils and plastic shopping bags. The 50-50 joint venture with the
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  • 199 1 SINGAPORE There was some festive cheer left in most markets yesterday as trading resumed following Christmas. New York closed for the Yuletide holiday on a high note on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average put on another 28.40 points to 3,050.98 following Monday's 88.1-point rally.
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    • 23 1 Western leaders praise Gorby, Back Pg Focus: Life after Gorbachev, Pg 9 Editorial, Pg 10 Analysis: Soviet Union dies, aged 74, Pg 11
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 137 2 THE Public Utilities Board said yesterday its water supply was clean and clear after a report in The New Paper said residents in two households had worms coming out of their taps. The PUB said the "worms" collected by a resident in Toa Payoh
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      • 116 2 THE Bukit Timah Post Office at Upper Bukit Timah Road 12 km will be closed for renovation from Dec 30 until the end of next March. A statement from the Singapore Telecom yesterday said that during the renovation, services will continue to be available at
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      • 53 2 THE grounds of the Istana will be opened to the public on New Year's Day from 8 am to 6.30 pm. The programme for the day includes performances by school bands from Chong San Primary School, Gongshang Primary School, Jurong Primary School and St
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      • 106 2 THE outlook and prospects for the local construction industry will be highlighted at a seminar early next year. Construction Prospectus '92 is organised by the Construction Industry Development Board, with support from the Urban Redevelopment Authority, Housing and Development Board, Public Works Department as well as
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      • 68 2 THE Forex Association of Singapore elected Lee Yew Huat of Westpac Banking Group as president at its last annual general meeting on Dec 11. Other committee members include Jarrod Ong of DBS Bank as vice-president and Tng Yong Chuang of Banque Paribas as honorary secretary. Peter
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    • 414 2  -  Henry Wee quits as Jalatara's MD By Dawn Tan IN WHAT is seen as an attempt to shake off associations with Moroccan-born Elyamani Khamis, Pulau Bayan Marina Club has officially divorced itself from the bankrupt businessman's now crumbled "entertainment empire". The two
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    • 226 2 SINGAPORE AIRLINES will soon boost its in-flight entertainment programme with coverage from global news supplier Cable News Network (CNN). The new 25-minute news programme, including business reports, will make its debut on Jan 1 on all SIA flights taking off from Singapore. SlA's latest
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    • 240 2 WITH the opening of four more branches across the island shortly, Keppel Bank will soon fulfill its promise to increase its branch network to 12 this year. In a statement yesterday, Keppel Bank said two new branches at Woodlands and Boon Lay
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • 293 3  -  "Fran Salil Tripathi in COLOMBO NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) is actively considering calling at the Colombo port in Sri Lanka. This was disclosed to Business Times by A de Vaas Gunawardena, chairman of Sri Lanka Ports Authority, in an exclusive interview. BT understands that
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    • 464 3  -  Firm plans to improve high-tech farms in M'sia From Sylvia Wong in KUALA LUMPUR KFC HOLDINGS Berhad will move into the food canning business next year as part of its expansion. Us executive director, Wong Cheng Gaik, told BT in
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    • 463 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Antah Holdings Bhd expects its oil and gas division to become the major contributor to group earnings in the future, says chairman Tunku Naquiyuddin Tuanku Ja'afar. Oiltools International Ltd, a 60 per cent-owned subsidiary; was the holding
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    • 209 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur Industries Holdings Bhd has announced a group after-tax profit of MS 12.74 million (557.57 million) for the six months ended Sep 30, 1991. Releasing its unaudited results here yesterday, it said that group turnover was M 557.89 million for the
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    • 243 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Oxygen Bhd (MOX) says the robust Malaysian economy will provide the company with numerous opportunities to sustain its strong performance in 1992. Chairman Tun Omar Yoke Lin Ong said in the company's latest annual report that MOX was confident that
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    • 154 3 SINGAPORE Bruneibased food group QAF has appointed Paul Yap Beng Huat as director of marketing. Mr Yap, who is now divisional managing director of the group's Gardenia subsidiaries in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, will begin his new Job on Jan 1, 1992. He will remain
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    • 77 3 SINGAPORE Metalock (Singapore) Limited has announced that it has acquired 25,000 $1 ordinary shares of Metaseal Pte Ltd from Furmanite International Ltd, raising its stake from 75 per cent to 100 per cent. The total consideration for the purchase was $2,500 which was
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    • 102 3 KUALA LUMPUR Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON) said the Malaysian Minister of Finance on Dec 23 responded to its appeal for a reassessment of valuation for the proposed acquisition of 26.42 million ordinary shares and 5.66 million warrants in Cycle and Carriage Ltd and had determined the
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    • 85 3 KUALA LUMPUR D&C Commercial Bank Bhd's proposed employees' share option scheme would be for a period of five years starting from the date of the last approval received from the relevant authorities and shareholders, it was announced yesterday. As for the utilisation of proceeds from its
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    • 76 3 KUALA LUMPUR Kumpulan Emas Bhd, in replying to a Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange query, said its purchase of a piece of property in Kuantan was transacted through the acquisition of 90 per cent of ABI Construction Sdn Bhd. The company said the group, with three other nominee
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    • 50 3 KUALA LUMPUR The Temerloh Rubber Estates Berhad said it has changed its financial year-end from Dec 31 to March 31 to coincide with that of its holding company. Following the change, the financial year-end of all the company's subsidiaries have also been simultaneously changed to March 31.
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    • 77 3 PETALING JAYA Wing Tiek Holdings Bhd's plant for the production of ductile iron pipes and carbon-steel butt welding fittings is expected to start production in August next year, said chairman Tan Sri Dr Rashdan Baba yesterday. Speaking to newsmen after the company's annual general meeting
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 77 4 TOKYO Trading house C Itoh and Co Ltd has agreed to buy Plastribution Ltd, which markets materials for plastics, from Cookson Group pic of Britain for about 500 million yen (Ss64o million). A C Itoh spokesman said yesterday that the company decided to
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      • 68 4 BEIJING China's largest camera maker is slashing prices to compete with cut-rate foreign cameras smuggled into the country, the official China Daily said on Monday. The state-run Shanghai General Camera Factory decided at the weekend to cut about 23 per cent off the price of
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      • 69 4 TOKYO Fujitsu Ltd will set up a subsidiary in Britain to increase sales of supercomputers in Europe, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on Tuesday. The Japanese company's giant VP2OOO supercomputer will be installed in the London-based company's sales branch to support software development. The
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      • 43 4 TOKYO Japan's leading consumer electronic and electric equipment maker Matsushita is planning to team up with Sun Microsystems Inc of the United States, the world's largest workstation, to develop home-use multimedia, the company said on Tuesday.
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    • 595 4  -  From Shirish Nadkarni in BOMBAY AN INDIAN trade union has decided to fight a private takeover bid for a govern-ment-owned hotel operator by bidding itself. The Centaur group, which belongs to the Hotel Corporation of India, has been struggling financially for
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    • 547 4 NYT TOKYO The soon-to-open foreign-affiliated Four Seasons Hotel Chinzanso is the result of a marriage between the name recognition of the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, a Toronto-based hotel chain, and the rich assets of Japan's Fujita Tourist Enterprises Co.
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    • 269 4 HONGKONG Hongkong's Rose International has bought knitting company Chesterfield Manufacturing for HK$27 million (555.65 million), capping a long series of aggressive moves to restructure the MKI Corp group. The South China Morning Post reported earlier this week that the two firms had been involved in
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    • 272 4 JAKARTA Several agri-culture-based Indonesian conglomerates are no lonter in a position to fulfill their commitments to sell a portion of their common stock to cooperatives, the Jakarta Post said in a recent report:,. Indonesian Agriculture Minister Wardoyo revealed that
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    • 447 5 UPI LOS ANGELES Orion ■jHictures Corp, which filed for '-Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection two weeks ago, has "tfceived an unsolicited joint Reorganisation proposal from Hew Line Cinema and Metromedia Co, its largest Shareholder. v The plan would call for -*New Line and Metromedia Co,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 82 5 PARIS French hotels group Accor has held 68 per cent of „£ie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et du Tourisme SA since its bid for the Belgian company closed on Dec 19, an Accor said. The result means that it has won control M Wagons-Lits, she added.
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      • 86 5 California P Leiner Nutritional Products r'Corp has approved the sale of the firm to PLI Investors, a "corporation formed by private investment firm AEA Investors Inc, with the backing of senior P Leiner management. The transaction calls for shareholders other than Booker pic, which owns 60
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      • 74 5 ATHENS The National Bank of Greece, Calcestruzzi SpA of the Italian Feruzzi Group and Italcementi FabRiunite Cemento SpA have been pre-selected as potential buyers of the Greek state-owned AGET Heracles Cement Co. "The first stage of privatisation is finished with I the selection of the three
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      • 58 5 PARIS French building group Lyonnaise des Eaux-Du- mez said it agreed to buy a 36.15 per cent stake in holding j: company Valinco from Vallourec on Dec 31, 1991, thereby raising its Valinco stake to 100 per cent. Valinco has a series of shareholdings, including a
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    • 274 5 NYT SAN FRANCISCO Cray Computer Corp has suffered a potentially crippling blow as the initial customer for its first supercomputer system abruptly cancelled its order. Cray said last week that it was behind schedule on the new machine. Cray Computer, which is
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    • 262 5 Reuter MONTREAL Lasmo pic hopes to find a buyer for all of Ultramar Canada Inc within a year, despite tight downstream margins, said Norman Davidson Kelly, Lasmo's corporate development director. "We're already holding talks with several potential buyers, and we believe
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    • 9 3 Colombo gears up for growth, Shipping Times Pg II
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 119 6 SEOUL South Korea's Securities Supervisory Board (SSB) said the Securities Stabilisation Fund and large institutions will be required to buy shares being sold off as margin accounts expire. "This was decided as no recovery has been in sight for the slumping stock
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      • 104 6 DHAKA Bangladesh is seeking US$5O million (5581.5 million) in foreign aid to reactivate two industrial development banks hit by non-recovery of loans. The two public sector banks, Bangladesh Shipa Bank (BSB) and Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha (BSRS), have nearly 15 billion taka (US$l.O6 billion) in defaulted
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      • 99 6 WASHINGTON The US Office of Thrift Supervision is proposing nationwide branching for federally chartered savings and loan associations. The agency said earlier this week that it would seek 30 days of public comment on the proposal, which would be published in the Federal Register
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      • 84 6 NEW YORK The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sent a letter to US securities firms and banks offering them an agreement to settle a fine covering rules violations in sales of federal agency debt, says a market source. "There is a letter. There has been
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    • 367 6 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's central bank has restricted the issuing of credit cards to curb indiscriminate consumer spending and to promote savings. In a statement issued late on Tuesday, the governor of Bank Negara, Tan Sri Jaffar Hussein, said the bank was
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    • 234 6 WASHINGTON The US Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) has placed all 53 of its dealers, including Salomon Inc, on one-year probation for widespread violations of its sales practises. Fannie Mae began investigating sales of its govern-ment-backed securities after details emerged of bidding fraud
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    • 394 6 Reuter TOKYO Japanese investment trust companies are struggling with the poor performance of trust funds they launched in the stock market's golden era in the late 1980s, company officials said yesterday. Starting next month, many of these funds may be in danger
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    • 478 6 NYT NEW YORK The federal judge overseeing the bankruptcy case of Drexel Burham Lambert Inc announced on Monday that he had asked lawyers suing Michael R Milken, the former head of Drexel's junk-bond division, to negotiate a universal settlement of the claims around
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    • 311 6  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE Koreabased Asian Banking Corporation signed an agreement here earlier this week to borrow US$4O million (5565.2 million) from a group of 11 international financial institutions. The debt is structured in the form of three-year floating rate notes
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    • 448 6 The BCCI collapse Agencies ISLAMABAD Pakistan's state-run Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) has applied to buy the three branches of scandal-hit Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in the country, says a government source. "The liquidators are examining our proposal
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  • THE REGION
    • 304 7 Cost of joint project pegged at US$ 1 lm AFP PHNOM PENH The Japan Petroleum Exploration Co (Japex) and Nissho Iwai Corp signed an agreement yesterday to explore for oil off the Cambodian coast. Exploration would begin immediately at a cost of
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    • 285 7 BANGKOK The Thai Forestry Industry Organisation (FIO), a state enterprise arm of the Agriculture Ministry, will ask private companies to join a 4.2 billion-baht (about SS27O million) project to make short-fibre pulp for the domestic market, according to a Bangkok Post
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    • 222 7 AP TOKYO Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said he opposes international sanctions against the Myanmar military government for holding Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. Dr Mahathir made the statement in a meeting on Tuesday
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    • 171 7 Reuter TOKYO Japanese parliamentarians have urged Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa to halt economic aid to Indonesia following the shooting of mourners in East Timor by the army last month. More than 260 members of the 764-strong Parliament, from both ruling and opposition
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  • THE WORLD
    • 554 8 Tax cuts may only widen the budget deficit, they say AP WASHINGTON The taxcut battle between President George Bush and Congress has become a contest between economists and pollsters for the hearts and minds of politicians. If your money is on the economists, you lose.
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    • 513 8 AP WASHINGTON US military' aid is being diverted by some countries, according to a report that says Congress may need to compel the Defence Department to keep a tighter rein on how such assistance is used. The General Accounting Office said it
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    • 273 8 Reuter TOKYO Japanese Cabinet ministers agreed on Wednesday to keep up opposition to any opening of Japan's rice market, going against a proposal by the Uruguay round of world trade talks to introduce tariffs on farm imports. "We all
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 88 8 BELGRADE Serbia's Parliament has decided to tax goods arriving in its territory from the breakaway republics of Croatia and Slovenia as if they are imports. The Parliament said on Wednesday that the measure was reciprocal to the customs dues imposed on Serbian goods by
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      • 122 8 SEOUL South Korea's trade deficit swelled US$6B5 million in November to US$lO.7 billion (5517.4 billion) on a customs clearance basis for the first 11 months despite slackening imports, the customs administration said yesterday. South Korea exported US$6.6B billion worth of goods last month up 10.8 per
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      • 105 8 NEW DELHI India has expressed concern at some elements in the Dunkel compromise plan to save the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations. The package designed by Gatt director-general Arthur Dunkel proposed that a product patent must be granted for all inventions (except plants and
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      • 94 8 TAIPEI Taiwan has outlined conditions for hiring mainland Chinese workers to resolve the labour shortage here, including restricting them to the construction industry, Council of Labour Affairs officials said on Tuesday. A spokesman said four prerequisites to open doors to mainland workers include the existence
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    • 518 8 AFP BEIJING China's Premier Li Peng has warned that the economy could overheat next year and fuel inflation. He was cited by the official Xinhua news agency as saying on Wednesday that China was aiming for a gross national product of 5.5 per
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  • FOCUS
    • 857 9 The end of the Soviet Union The new Soviet republics have promised to respect all bilateral and international accords, but scores of treaties are still in doubt AP THE demise of the Soviet Union leaves in doubt commitments to scores of treaties
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    • 572 9 AP BORIS YELTSIN's finger is now on the button that controls thousands of destructive warheads. But how fit is he to lead a nuclear power? His one-time rival, Mikhail Gorbachev, wonders. "We hope he is fully aware of the great responsibility
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  • 510 10 EDITORIAL THE central dilemma in Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev's six-year tenure in Kremlin was inherent: he sought the co-operation of the party to undertake reforns whose only possible consequence was the elimination of the party. What he failed to accept or foresee and forestall was that the Soviet Union
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 300 10 IT is a tragic irony that Christians in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union who suffered more than anyone else to keep the faith alive during the dark years of communism, should continue to suffer after the fall of that ideology. What had sustained them during
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    • 89 10 Support the move before the problem escalates. Johor's concern is the bad image following the mushrooming of illegal vice activities. A reputation as Malaysia's Haadyai is bad for Johor which forms part of the growth triangle. There is also the concern of Aids. The move would not
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    • 134 10 STATISTICS show that the number of Malaysian cars entering Singapore has been rising steadily over the past six years. In the first 10 months of this year alone, 170,000 Malaysian cars entered Singapore. Owing to certain unique situations, it is inevitable for Singapore to introduce distinctive policies sometimes.
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • 233 10 WHO is instigating the demonstrations in Phnom Penh with the apparent objective of derailing the peace process? Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong alleged that "armed elements" sparked off Saturday's violence, which resulted in three demonstrators being killed and some 30 others injured. Under questioning, he barely veiled
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    • 118 10 THE first reaction is to wonder why Paul Keating wanted to become prime minister of Australia right now. A recession has socked in the economy of that country like a fog bank on a fishing ground. Although basking in early congratulations for helping to move Cambodian
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    • 171 10 THE second national car project is bound to create another milestone not just for the automobile industry but also in the country's leap into high technology. Loyalists might see it as competition for the first national car, but both cars will be competing in different categories.
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  • 1052 10  -  A group of computer software companies is hoping to stamp out computer piracy in Europe. Delia Bradshaw describes how it aims to do that Della Bradshaw FT FOR Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), allegations of software piracy probably do not rank high on the company's list of
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 2905 11 With great promise it came into being, with great upheaval it passes into history NYT THE Soviet state, marked throughout its brief but tumultuous history by great achievement and terrible suffering, died on Wednesday after a long and painful decline. It was 74 years
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 678 13  -  Paul Majendie catches up with one of the world's greatest and busiest tenors Paul Majendie Reuter PLACIDO Domingo has a confession to make to opera fans around the world he does his best singing in the bath. The mellifluous Spanish tenor has one firm rule too
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    • 707 13  -  Janet Maslin reviews 'The Prince of Tides' Janet Maslin NYT Nothing about Barbra Streisand's previous acting or direction is preparation for her expert handling of The Prince of Tides which has been pared down from Pat Conroy's sprawling, hyperbolic novel
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    • 634 13 THE heritage hunt is on i again. This time, members of the public can rummage 1 through their homes and gar- i dens to see what they can contribute to our knowledge of the Japanese Occupation of Singapore. The period of the hunt is from Dec
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    • 119 13 NEW YEAR'S EVE 1991 AT i MARINA BAY NISHIKI JAPANESE RESTAURANT Set Dinner Karaoke countdown at $68/ person 'iSv. JO\(with complimentary sake A party set) -off cafe Set Dinner Karaoke countdown at $42/ person j (with complimentary wine A party set) \l.Vi* MAI I N A IA Y COIF k
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  • SPORTS
    • SIDE LINES
      • 114 14 LONDON Carl Lewis's record-breaking 100-metre dash beat out Mike Powell's historic long jump as the top sports Story of 1991 in a worldwide poll by The Associated Press. The exploits of Lewis and Powell at the World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo
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      • 93 14 fcIEW YORK Magic Johnson's announcement that he tested positive for the virus that causes Aids was the overwhelming choice as The Associated Press sports story of the year for 1991. Johnson's Nov 7 announcement received 338 points and 29 first-place votes in balloting released on
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      • 119 14 PERTH A decision by world number twos Boris Becker and Steffi Graf to team up for Germany in this year's tlopman Cup tennis tournament has given the mixed teams event a big boost in status. The inclusion of Becker and Graf this year is a major
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      • 70 14 GOLD COAST, Australia American Jane Geddes will defend her title in the Daikyo Masters championship from today, aiming to win the richest prize in the history of women's golf in Australia. The tournament, which will be played over three days on the Palm Meadows course, offers prize
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      • 123 14 SYDNEY Australia's blue water classic Sydney to Hobart yacht race got underway yesterday in near-perfect conditions, watched by thousands of holidaying people lining the foreshores of the harbour or on the water. Under a clear, blue sky and with the temperature at 28C, 102 yachts massed
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    • 816 14 The US basketball association faces the daunting task of a new decade without a shining role model NYT NEW YORK Michael Jordan walks on air. Dee Brown leaps more than 80 storeys up the Empire State Building and executes a Kong dunk. The effervescent
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    • 316 14 AFP LONDON As badminton prepares for its Olympic debut in Barcelona next year, the battle for shuttle supremacy was keener than ever in 1991. No one country stood out, with the major honours being shared among South Korea, China, Indonesia and Malaysia. The All-England Championships in
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 2954 15  -  By Carolyn Lim THE merry mood of the season continued as most markets picked up gains. On Christmas Eve, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 29.52 points to 3052.10 kicking off a good start to the year-end holiday season. Tokyo's market, which remained
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      70 15  -  By Chew Eng Han Comment WITH 5-DAY stochastics showing a buy signal, prices should continue to firm up over the coming weeks. Target for the upmove is at $1.10$1.12. If reached, these might be good levels to take profit, as some consolidation between 95 cents and $1.10 is
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 4783 18 Bernama INDEX-LINKED issues continued to attract buying support to lead share prices in the Kuala Lumpur stock market to a steadier close yesterday. The KLSE Composite Index at the close added 0.70 of a point to 550.48 and the All-Share Emas Index gained 0.31 of
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    • 308 19 CijMMny Date Ymt Ctm# PM MmlaptrNS MR to pram/tots (L) per Uart MvMaad J COM) (cMto) KH£ Ok 24 Dec 90 $9,080 ($5,905e) 2.7(—) 22.5(-) SP»f Dk 2« Aug 91 $153,802(1133,374) 62.6(54.3) 25(30) IndKhygen Dec 14 Jun 91 M$21.269($16.754) 4.7(6) 5(4.5a) Seal Inc Dec 13 Jun 91 M$648($8,476)
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    • 146 19 I Company Date Year Group pre-tax Nat earaings Gross ann to profit/toss (L) ptr share dMrfend (000) (cents) Pacific Can Dec 24 Sep 91 $133(51,3871) 0.2(-) Van Der Horst Dec 24 Sep 91 $2,960($2.800) 4.7(4.2) 1(1) V»ejrnes Oec 17 Sep 91 $20,228($52.407) -(13.1) 12(16) Asa Pacific Oec 13
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    • 507 19 Company Date Half-yoar Group pro-tax Interim ann to profit/loss (I) dividend COOO) s Choc Prod Dec 20 Sep 91 M$2.481($l,901) MCB Hldgs Dec 20 Sep 91 M$241 ($1,333) Rash«d Hussain Dec 20 Nov 91 M$30.567($21.004) AMDB Dec 19 Sep 91 M$16.020($18,201) Group Dec 17 Oct 91 M$68.163(563.497) 6(4)
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    • 1200 19 Dec 23 The Capital Issues Committee has finally granted Proton, the Malaysian national car manufacturer, a public listing on the KLSE. The company said that subscriptions would be released towards the end of January next year. Nat Steel said that it would make a provision of $2.2 million
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    • 875 19 Current Ex Books Date Total tar Total far payment date do*a payaMa tkiytir last year MSB 50c 121(b) Dec 30 ten 14 ton 21 12% 10* Ami Steel 50c 10% Dec 9 Dec 23 ton 20 20% 20t Amtek Em 20c 6%TE Dec 5 Oec 11 Dec 30
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    • 1162 19 Trsa< Registered Substantial of Amount Shartfc*Wi«f Stock Date Holder Slwrohokler/Wroctor Sail sharas Bofor. After NatSteel 20/12/91 OCB Nominees Pte LTd Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd S 6.000 152 839 601 37 35 152 839 WH 37 35 Keppel Corpn 19/12/91 Street Names Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd *****3500 152
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    • 129 19 The New Straits Tines Press (Malaysia) Bhd: EGM at the Theatrette, Balai Berita 31, Jalan Riong, ***** Kuala Lumpur, on Friday, Dec 27, at 11am. Lum Chang Hokfings Ltd: 9th AGM EGM at 38 Kim Tian Road, #03-00, Kim Tian Plaza, Singapore 0316, on Friday, Dec 27, at
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    • 104 19 Conversion Special Trdg Scripiess Conversion deadline Period Trading Company starts (I DP) (ST) starts City Dev Dec 26 Jan 16 Jan 6 Jan 16 Jan 17 H Negara Nov 25 Dec 12 Dec 3 Dec 12 Dec 13 HTPHIdgs Sep 16 Oct 10 Sep 30 Oct 10 Oct
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    • 209 19 Main Bosrd LMt Full Ymt Cow Penod Data Tear Nat EPS Mjj iraiKid endhf (cents) J» pre* last year (JW) EMS Fmal Nov 6 Jul 91 3.0TE 17,8781 Mai Interim Dec 28 Mar 92 30.7 10.0 10.140 CantapoM Intenm tar 25 Jun 92 5.0 5.8 13 549 Khont
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    • 166 19 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ,IK,ustna »s Index 1333 08 (3/6/91) 1565 58 (3/6/91) m If 022 52 (16/1/91) 1991 *****8 (16/1/91) 1435 43 6/ 90 1990 1607 12 (27/3/90) 22 IT Si 07 (09/1 /90 1990 1079 50 (11/10/90) iSS 28/2/89 19,9 1487 76 2 2S? t*!i5 1919
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND
    • 2044 20 Reuter BANK SHARES yesterday dominated buying and their strong gains boosted the index, brokers said. The SET Index rose 8.83 points from Wednesday's close to finish at 698.19 on turnover of 2.54 billion baht. Investors bought bank issues because of good banking prospects.
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  • 1095 20 Price Change AJPPutra ***** +1250 Tjilatjap Pelle 3500 +1000 Asuransi Day in 5000 +1000 Sucaco ***** 900 H Prapatan 3400 650 Kurnia Kapuas U 5400 500 Price Change Hotel Prapatan 2950 -1200 Astra Intl ***** -500 Great River Gar 3600 -400 Rimba Niaga Ind 1800 -400 Branta
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2583 21 Reuter TOKYO STOCKS stretched their Christmas rally into a second day yesterday, closing firmer but well off the day's highs in thin, choppy trade, brokers said. Brokers said futures and options-linked buying lifted prices, and institutional investors chased bargains amid I continuing hopes
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  • 1940 21 1 Dec 24 HKS High Vol Low (W0) PF. ASM Pacific Allied Ind Intl Allied Oversea Allied Ppt Allied Ppt W93 v \moy Properties > .Applied Int'l Applied Intl W91 Asean Resources Asia Sec Int Asian Commercial 1.540 unch 0.640 0.020 0.870 unch 1.020 0.010 ..0.241
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Manila, Taipei post Boxing Day gains
      • 571 22 SHARE PRICES in the Manila stock exchange emerged from their preChristmas lull to close stronger yesterday in active trade following Wall Street's improved showing early this week, brokers said. "The Dow Jones index provided a psychological boost to our market," said R Coyiuto Securities chief analyst Joseph Roxas. The
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      • 577 22 TAIWAN STOCKS finished higher yesterday after major market players bought up low-priced shares in the last hour, but brokers said that profit-taking would probably drag the index back down below the 4,500-point level today. The Weighted Index gained 80.00 points or 1.8 per cent to finish at 4,529.58 compared
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      • 893 22 INTERVENTION by the Korea Securities Stabilisation Fund (KSSF) yesterday failed to boost the Seoul stock market which ended 1991 flat, brokers said. "The fund tried to boost the market two times but selling pressures from the margin accounts still pressured the market," said Huh Eui-do, a broker at Daewoo
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      • 1117 22 CIom Pravtaw Dec 2* AUSTRALIA All Ordinaries Index dosed 1,575.1 All Industrials Index closed 2,495.1 All Resources Index closed 875.8 Turnover (million) closed 49.5 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital closed 1,455.75 MANILA Composite Index 1,138.78 1,125.12 +13.66 Turnover (million) 634.8 537.9 +96.9 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index 4,529.58 4,449.58 80.00 Turnover (NTS
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    • 56 22 fjr An I-witness account of the way we were, I I the way we saw it at home and abroad. B|f§pf At home, the issues that were talked about from boardrooms to coffeeshops. B'-V Abroad, the faces that made the news, the ■r In our issue today. USSIM NEW, NEWS,
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Wall St bags three-day Christmas rally
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        1425 23 L«T-MINUTE bargain shoppers riding on hopes that lower interest rates wfl spur the stalled economic recovery bibught Wall Street a three-day Christmas rally in heavy trading on Tuesday. TThe Dow Jones Industrial Average, wjiich surged 88.10 points to tie the yaar's second biggest one-day gain set oj Aug
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        791 23 THE LONDON Stock Exchange closed sharply higher on Tuesday buoyed by Wall Street's 88-point gain on Monday. The blue-chip Financial Times Stock Exchange 100-share Index closed up 39 points at 2,384. The narrower Financial Times 30 Index was up 31.7 points to 1,813.1. Volume was moderate with 373 million
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      • 333 23 DUTCH shares sparkled in the last, half-day session before dealers turned in for Christmas, closing calmly near dayhighs in line with international exchanges, traders said. "There was some early demand but then prices rose on short-covering in thin conditions," said one trader. The EOE share index ended 2.88 points
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      • 272 23 THE PARIS bourse started celebrating early on Tuesday, as stock prices rocketed by 4.01 per cent in a single session, the first day of the January trading month. The CAC-40 stock price index was almost up to the 1,700-point level at the close, at 1,699.10 points, after having been
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      • 278 23 SWISS shares closed over one per cent firmer in a shortened, light, pre-Christ-mas session. The All-Share SPI Index rose 13.4 points to 1,029.0. The SMI Index of leading shares added 28.7 to 1,627.0. "The market was in a typical preChristmas mood," one trader said, adding that low volume exaggerated
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      • 252 23 BELGIAN shares opened higher on Tuesday, spurred by sharp overnight gains on Wall Street. But traders said they were disappointed about the size of the rise. At 0950 GMT the Bel-20 index of leading shares was up 7.14 points to 1,078.55. "Compared to the 3 per cent rise on
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      • 384 23 THE JOHANNESBURG stock market drifted aimlessly in an abbreviated preChristmas session on Tuesday as the festive season depleted activity levels, dealers said. The JSE All-Gold Index ended the half-day session at 1,178, up slightly from Monday's 1,174 finish on support from firm world gold price, but the Industrial Index
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      • 272 23 TORONTO stocks reinforced earlygains to close for the Christmas holi-» days on a positive note as market players move away from fixed income investments to equities in the hopes" that the New Year can only bring better news for the battered Canadian econo--my, traders said. "A lot of people
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      • 274 23 Dec 24 CIMC Preiiow NEW YORK Dow Jones 3,050.98 3,022.58 28.40 SAP 500 397.41 396.82 +0.59 Turnover (million) 162.30 229.20 -66.0 LONDON Financial Times 30 1,813.1 1,781.4 +31.7 FTSE 100 2.384.0 2,345.0 39.0 Turnover (million) 373.0 626.8 -253.8 FRANKFURT DAX Index closed 1.539.62 AMSTERDAM EOE Index 272.75 269.87 +2.88 PARIS
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  • CURRENCY,MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS/COMMODITIES
    • 372 24 TOKYO A widening gulf between US and German interest rates is likely to drive the dollar lower against the mark and the yen in the near term, say currency dealers here. "The dollar could fall far enough that the central banks may
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    • 308 24 AP ALGIERS Algeria is worried that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is not calling an emergency meeting on oil prices, and believes prices could plummet if production is not eased back, says a Petroleum Ministry official. Opec's "passivity" in the face of rapidly declining
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    • 339 24 ASIAN CURRENCIES THE US dollar closed lower against the mark and the yen in sluggish Tokyo yesterday. Speculators and exporters sold it down to a morning low of 126.55 yen, but it rebounded on light local importer buying and shortcovering. "The dollar's downside was tested,
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    • 746 24 THE Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) price rose eight cents to close at MS 14.81 a kg yesterday, supported by further gains on the London Metal Exchange (LME), dealers said. "The market is maintaining its technical recovery in line with LME," a
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    • 390 24 Crass rates p* 26 USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.6270 2.7300 1.5070 126.30 0.5301 1.3430 1.3141 1.8315 SS 0.6146 1.6779 0.9262 77.9348 0.3258 0.8254 0.8077 1.1257 MS 0.3663 0.60 0.5520 46.4459 0.1942 0.4919 0.4S13 0.6709 Dm 0.6636 1.0796 1.8115 84.14 0.3517 0.8912 0.8720
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    • 523 24 Interbank rates ss Bid Offer Overnight 4 4 1/4 1-month 3 1/8 3 3/8 2-month 3 3 1/4 3-month 3 3 1/4 Overnight mode: 4-1/2 LSS Bid Offer 7 days 7 7 1/8 1 month 5 1/8 5 1/4 2 months 4 9/16 4 11/16 3 months 4
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    • 421 25  -  POSTCARD FROM BETHLEHEM By Miriam Jordan PILGRIMS flocked to celebrate Christmas at the traditional birthplace of Jesus on Wednesday but guntoting Israeli police and grimfaced Palestinians dampened the joy of some. Thousands of worshippers braved a bitter wind and Israeli security checks to visit the Church
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    • 150 25 As at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2299 1.2466 Canadian dollar 1.3844 1.4125 NZ dollar 0.8762 0.9116 Sterling pound 3.0505 3.0919 US dollar 1.6200 1.6300 Local dollars to 100 units of foreiga currency Austrian schilling 15.03 15.34
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    • 349 25 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP SO ANO A C.MARKETING SERVICES PTE LTD At an Extraordinary General Mealing of th« Company held at No. 2 Braofcvale WMk. #03-12 Brook Vale Park. Singapore 2150 on 24 Dec 1991. the tallowing resolutions were passed: 1) SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING UP Thai
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    • 430 25 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND FAIRWINDS MARINA PTE LTD At at Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 487 Tangfcn Had Road. 2nd Floor. Singapore 0314 on 24 December 1991, tie tallowing resolutions WOfB I 1) SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING UP That Fairwinds Marina Pte
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    • 165 25 Singapore Outlook: Showers over *mml areas in the afternoon and early evening. Report; Maximum temperature 30.6 Assoc humidity 70% Minimum temperature 23.6 Assoc humidity 100% Hours of sunshine 3.90 Rainfall in mm 61.9 Rainfall this month 478.9 Rainy days this month 19 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Coud. Auckland 21/14 Cloudy
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  • 376 26 Reuter TOKYO Japan's economy is slowing down but is very unlikely to slip into a deep recession, the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) said. In a report yesterday, the agency said easier monetary policy from the latter half of 1991, stable domestic
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  • 267 26 Reuter WASHINGTON President George Bush, mindful of voter concern as he heads into an election year, has vowed to tackle American economic woes with the same fire the US brought to winning the Cold War. Facing a re-election battle next November, he sounded
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  • 520 26 The death of the Soviet Union Agencies LONDON World leaders heaped praise on former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for ending the Cold War and returning freedom and democracy to East Europe but wasted no time in recognising his successors. Mr Gorbachev, whose
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  • 297 26 AP BANGKOK National reconciliation leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk's son and daughter have been given senior posts in Cambodia's government, and other high-level changes will be made, according to a report by state news agency SPK. A special National Assembly session today will discuss
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  • 32 26 OGULIN, Yugoslavia A Yugoslav Army soldier loading an artillery cannon during sporadic shooting between the army and Croatian forces near this town in southern Croatia on Christmas Eve.
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  • 364 26 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said yesterday it is extending two-year credit facilities worth MSSOO million (*****.3 million) to six countries to buy between 1.2 million and 1.5 million tonnes of its palm oil a year. Primary Industries Minister Lim
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  • 242 26 AFP KUWAIT CITY Gulf Arab leaders have called for increased international pressure on Iraq and have ruled out any contacts with Baghdad until it agrees to abide by UN resolutions. Heads of state from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), ending a three-day
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  • 261 26 AFP MANILA The US will be given only one year to quit Subic Naval Base if it refuses to soften the terms of a proposed three-year withdrawal, a Philippine spokesman here said yesterday.. Presidential spokesman Horacio Paredes said a meeting later
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  • 399 26 Indonesian commission also accuses soldiers of overreacting Reuter JAKARTA An Indonesian government commission investigating last month's army shooting of mourners in East Timor said yesterday about 50 people were killed and accused soldiers of overreacting. The death toll is much higher than
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    • 182 27 AFP BEIJING A cargo and passenger service between major port cities in China and South Korea opened on Tuesday, further boosting rapidly expanding trade and tourism ties between the neighbours. The Tianjin-Inchon service augments existing lines on the Yellow Sea between Pusan and
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      • 56 27 FOR THE last decade ports in Sri Lanka have looked at the land of the rising sun to create, establish and expand their facilities. But Colombo is now looking closer home, to Singapore. Salil Tripathi, reporting from Colombo, takes a look at the performance
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      • 52 27 IN ITS latest measure to fight pollution Mexico City plans to banish half its taxis. But taxi drivers, already hard hit by a 54 per cent rise in fuel prices, dwindling business, frequent assaults and competition from illegal "pirate" taxis, are protesting against the decision
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      • 63 28 TAIPEI Taiwan's state-run China Shipbuilding has confirmed building four ships for China for US$36O million, newspapers reported on Wednesday. The United Daily newspaper said China Shipbuilding had signed deals with Windmile Shipping, a new company set up by Beijing's China Deep Sea Transportation Company
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      • 80 28 LONDON Tanker brokers' offices were shut for the Christmas holiday and staffing levels will be reduced tomorrow. The market is expected to be in full swing again from Dec 30 onwards. Rates agreed out of the Mid-east Gulf on Tuesday were steady to lower after
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      • 83 28 LONDON The Baltic Exchange is shut for the Christmas holiday and will reopen on Dec 30. On Tuesday, brokers reported a mild rush on tonnage which brought a number of above-index Pacific timecharter deals. The Baltic Freight Index was marked down six points to 1,494,
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      • 73 28 TOKYO Japan Air Lines Co Ltd said it will launch a joint venture to develop a high-speed surface transport system after giving up the idea in 1985 as too expensive. The venture, yet to be named, will be capitalised at about 20 billion yen, a
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      • 79 28 DHAKA Shrimp exports via the south-western Bangladesh port of Mongla fell 40 per cent in the last five months due to rising competition from other countries in the region, a newspaper reported here on Wednesday. Between July and November, 3.7 million kilograms of shrimps exported
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      • 51 28 LOS ANGELES Northrop Corp said its fourth quarter operating margin will increase by US$4O million, or about 56 US cents a share after taxes, due to an increase in the projected rate of the margin being earned on the B-2 bomber low-rate initial production programme
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      • 54 28 COPENHAGEN Danish police said on Wednesday they had arrested three Nigerians suspected of delaying a US Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight from Copenhagen by saying there was a bomb on board. Departure of the New York-bound flight was put back till Wednesday after security
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    • 1107 28  -  Foreign firms are once again looking at Sri Lankan ports. Salil Tripathi, reporting from Colombo, takes a look at how these ports are performing Salil Tripathi, FOR THE last decade ports in Sri Lanka have looked at the land of the rising sun to create,
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    • 513 28 THE Baltic Exchange was shut for the Christmas holiday and will reopen on December 30. On Tuesday, brokers reported a mild rush on tonnage which brought a number of above-in-dex Pacific time-charter deals. The Baltic Freight Index was marked down six points to 1,494, showing weaker rates in
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    • 841 28 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more conmrehemive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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    • 9479 36 This is a list of ships loading 41 Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by "destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. Advanced dates are published for a maximum
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      • 627 43 *mt Brti Antad *awl IwtaM topafcra Xrti 1 M04 alongside 27.12/2300 tal"iSi* S9201 SOI 27 12/1500 28.12/2300 BatamMaju *****1 MM 2612/2000 Bin Betart 221 S02 26.12/1500 26.12/2000 Bat# Sayang *****1 M03 Moflpde 2712/2300 Oranp Moon 20 S01 26.12/2300 2712/1*00 Batamndo 1 138S M01 25.13/2359 Srf-E-Haider 78S S02
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      • 914 43 RgttMNC OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AMD LCL CARGO Record Booknt Balance Rstts Sty Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACX tesy 21A 28/0800 1 26/1500 26/1659 26/1900 2 26/1700 27/0659 27/0900 3 27/0700 27/1159 27/1400 4 27/1200 27/1459 27/1700 Mm ftum 123S 28/2300 1 26/1500 26/1659 26/1900
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    • 245 44 Reuter TOKYO The US Department of Commerce (DOC) is expected to visit Toyota Motor Corp and Nippondenso Co Ltd in late January or early February for a regular investigation, a Toyota spokesman said. Such investigations will become a regular event after
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    • 213 44 Reuter NEW DELHI The chairman of state-owned Indian Airlines said on Wednesday that he had resigned because of what he said was lack of government support in resolving a strike by pilots over the weekend. Chairman and managing director S S Ramdas said by telephone that
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    • 463 44 Reuter MEXICO CITY In its latest measure to fight pollution Mexico City plans to banish half its taxis. "We have to replace all time-worn pre-1984 models," said a spokesman for the mayor's office yesterday. "Due to their deplorable mechanical condition these taxis are no longer
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