The Business Times, 24 September 1992

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    16 1 Business Times MITA (P) 35/12/91 Thursday, September 24, 1992 THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Iran, UAE to hold talks over disputed island
      45 1 DUBAI Iran and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to hold talks over the disputed Gulf island of Abu Musa, an important first step towards easing tensions in the world's major oil artery, Gulf diplomats said yesterday.
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      Italian workers in big anti-govt protests
      50 1 ROME Tens of thousands of workers took to the streets yesterday in some of the biggest anti-government protests seen in Italy since the early *****. The unions are demanding changes to a stiff package of cuts in health and social services unveiled last week.
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      Tax breaks for IPOs?
      22 1 THE Trade Development Board is considering tax breaks and other incentives for international procurement offices (IPOs) Page 2
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      Fierce battle ahead
      30 1 MALAYSIA is allowing two rival exchanges to trade in financial futures, setting the stage for a fierce battle for the fledgling but potentially lucrative industry Page 9
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      It's a mistake: Perot
      21 1 TEXAN billionaire Ross Perot conceded that his withdrawal from the presidential challenge was a mistake Page 10
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      Visa eyes travel market
      25 1 VISA is setting its sights on the travel and entertainment market, the stronghold of charge card company American Express Page 15
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      Keppei rakes in $12m
      42 1 KEPPEL Shipyard, the flagship of listed Keppei Corporation, has raked in over Sl2 million in turnover from the repair of two ships belonging to repeat customer Dalmoreproduct of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKET SUMMARY
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      Dow lower
      23 1 WALL STREET stocks declined in early trading yesterday. The Dow 30 dropped 10.00 to 3,270.85 in the first hour of trading.
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      Footsie higher
      29 1 SHARE PRICES on the London Stock Exchange were slightly higher at midday yesterday. At 1150 GMT, the FTSE 100-share index was up 3.6 points at 2,589.6 points.
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      PMRI the buyer
      37 1 THE 36 million MUI shares company founder Khoo Kay Peng sold on Tuesday were part of the block which was earlier acquired by Pan Malaysia Rubber Industries (PMRI), it was confirmed yesterday Page 4
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      STOCK INDICES
      28 1 Wednesday Change BT-MGA 645.81 +0.79 Kuala Lumpur ....590.84 +2.52 Tokyo closed Hongkong 5,712.64 -27.54 Sydney 1.505.0 -15.8 Iaesday Change New York 3.280.85 -39.98 London 2,598.4 +25.9
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      CURRENCIES
      23 1 Exchange rates US$ SS 1.6010 100 Yen SS 1.3231 MS SS 0.6382 Money market rates Overnight 1 1/8 unch 3-month 111/16% -1/16
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      COMMODITIES
      36 1 London Gold AM fix US$348.90 +USS1.40 Rubber S pore Oct.... 140.25'/kg unch M'sia Oct..... 219.50'/kg unch KL Tin Turnover 38tonnes -4 Spot M$l6.49/kg -0.02 Crude palm ofl Turnover 712 lots -108 Oct MS874 /tonne -4
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    F&N to float M'sian unit after major restructuring
    530 1  -  Lucrative soft drinks, dairy business to come under new holding company By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Fraser Neave Ltd (Singapore) has proposed a major restructuring of its lucrative soft drinks and dairy operations in Malaysia under a new holding company, F&N Holdings, to
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    SIA meeting Keating to discuss Qantas deal
    564 1  -  Air New Zealand and BA also keen on stake By Florence Chong SINGAPORE Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, who arrives here today, will meet senior executives of Singapore Airlines tomorrow afternoon at SlA's request. He will meet SIA chairman J Y Pillay and
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    Pulau Bayan club developer declared bankrupt
    364 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Indonesian businessman Tjetty, the central figure in the controversial Pulau Bayan Marina Club project, has been declared a bankrupt. Earlier this year, some members of the club, which is located ofT Bintan island, filed writs against Mr Tjetty alleging
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    Magnum shocks with NZ$264m extraordinary loss
    387 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE New Zealand brewer Magnum Corporation Ltd yesterday stunned local and New Zealand analysts with extraordinary losses of NZ5264.3 million (*****.3 million) for the year ended in June. Its losses raised the spectre of further writedowns by its Singapore parent Asia
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    Lock icon It's war against speculators
    276 1 Sterling and dollar weaken SINGAPORE France and Germany yesterday declared war on currency speculators in a bid to save the crumbling European Monetary System. In a rare joint statement, the two countries announced that there would be no tampering with the French franc's designated rate against
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      11 1 Hock Lock Siew: Why are the insiders raising stakes? Pg 4
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      145 1 Chuan Leekpai officially named Thai PM, Pg3 fit- ■■■■I 1,11.1.1.1.1.101 Q JgBL Mm V, JE. JL ▼W Ml *-jw.^H» llS^I I FOR THE LITTLE BIT OF THE SPORTSMAN fii L V tdLw^fl IB H%&\ jfiE H I IN EVERYONE. SEIKO CREATED THE V P_J (If COMPETITIVE SPIRIT OF SPORT-TECH. ru*}»J2OSG
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      TDB considering tax breaks for IPOs to boost purchases
      404 2  -  GIobaITRONICS '92 Advisory Committee formed to help promote S'pore as IPO hub Reports by Claire Leow SINGAPORE Stung by slower growth in procurement spending here, the Trade Development Board is considering tax breaks and other measures for international procurement offices (IPOs).
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      Matsushita sets up int'l procurement office here
      493 2 MATSUSHITA Electric Works (Asia-Pacific) of Japan has set up an international procurement office (IPO) here to buy up to $60 million worth of parts and components next year. Sales and purchasing manager Tsutoshi Ishimoto said the company set up its IPO last month
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      Taiwanese to outspend Japanese in HK
      177 2  -  By Hong Lee Tiam SINGAPORE Taiwanese visitors are likely to outspend Japanese tourists in Hongkong this year, according to Martin Barrow, chairman of the Hongkong Tourist Association (HKTA). The Taiwanese, the latest group of visitors to Hongkong last year, are expected to spend between
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      Corrections & clarifications
      58 2 Corrections clarifications IN YESTERDAY'S BT report "Investment holding firms show most pluck abroad" and its accompanying table, the quoted rates of return were wrongly conveyed as being the returns on overseas investments of the various industrial sectors in Singapore. The rates were in fact the returns of the respective industrial
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      Asia set to be main source of moulds and dies: EDB chief
      378 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Asia would supply 80 per cent of the world's moulds and dies by the year 2000, Economic Development Board chairman Philip Yeo said yesterday. Last year, Japan, the Newly Industrialised Economies, China and
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      Lock icon Viet Politburo's No. 2 man named president
      79 2 AFP HANOI Gen Le Due Anh, 72, the second-ranking member of the communist party Politburo, was elected Vietnam's new president yesterday by the National Assembly. He was the sole candidate for the post. He received 100 per cent of the 192 votes cast
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      Lock icon Chuan officially appointed Thai PM
      597 3 Negotiations still on to fill defence portfolio in Cabinet Reuter, AFP BANGKOK Chuan Leekpai, 54-year-old leader of the Democrat Party, has become Thailand's 20th prime minister. A royal decree signed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej yesterday called on him to form a government. The veteran politician's
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      Paper to present alternatives to high-rise housing
      236 3  -  By Colin Tan SINGAPORE An American academic will present a paper on providing people with high-density landed housing, rather than flats in high-rise blocks. Professor Lionel March of the Unviversity of California is one of 12 speakers who will address a housing-design conference
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      Lock icon China to set up three brokerages to control bourses
      467 3 Reuter BEIJING China has an- I nounced plans for three huge i brokerages formed by state- i owned banks in a move to assert control over its fledgling stock exchanges and restore flagging investor j confidence. Announcing the move yesterday, the
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Rashid Hussain banks on unit for research
        55 4 KUALA LUMPUR Listed stockbroker Rashid Hussain Bhd will use a wholly-owned subsidiary, RUB Research Institute Sdn Bhd, to expand its research capabilities. The institute, a separate entity with an authorised capital of MS 10 million (556.4 million), will also conduct seminars and conferences
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        Town and City reports losses
        55 4 SINGAPORE Suspended counter Town and City Properties Ltd has announced a consolidated loss of $232,000 for the half-year to June 30, 1992. The group also made provision for an extraordinary loss of $1.5 million in anticipation of losses arising from a guarantee to the bankers
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        Tanjong tax-resident in M'sia
        45 4 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Inland Revenue Department has confirmed that since Tanjong Public Ltd Company's central management and control are exercised in Malaysia, it is resident in Malaysia for tax purposes and under the terms of the UK/Malaysia double taxation treaty.
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        New MD for Milano
        30 4 SINGAPORE The Hour Glass has appointed Peter Rcis managing director of Milano Restaurants. Mr Reis was previously with Cercbos Pacific Ltd, managing that company's restaurants division.
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        Hotel Props appoints director
        27 4 SINGAPORE Hotel Properties Ltd has appointed Lee Suan Yew, 58, a director to replace David Ban Song Long, with effect from Sep 22.
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      Heshe Holdings queried on shortfall in earnings
      183 4 SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) has queried the directors of Heshe Holdings Ltd on the company's shortfall in group earnings for the year ended June 30, 1992. In a statement released yesterday, SES noted that Heshe had disclosed in its prospectus
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      PMRI proposes M$222m rights with bonus issue
      516 4  -  Firm's issued capital will soar to M$ 160.75 million By William Chia SINGAPORE Pan Malaysia Rubber Industries Bhd, which earlier this month increased its stake in Malaysian conglomerate Malayan United Industries to a controlling 14.92 per cent, has proposed a massive rights issue
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      Palm oil prices boost High & Low, Kumpulan Guthrie, IOI results
      397 4 Palm oil prices boost High Low, Kumpulan Guthrie, IOI results Overseas marketing units drag down K Guthrie's overall earnings SINGAPORE Strong palm oil prices in the first half of the year boosted earnings of the three Malaysian plantation companies which announced their results this week. Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd's overall earnings,
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      Magnum and Dunlop shares surge on return to trading
      415 4  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR THE standoff between Malaysian tycoon Lim Thian Kiat and the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange ended yesterday with a surge in the trading of shares in companies controlled by the businessman. Contrary to widespread market speculation,
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      GP Batteries going greener
      424 4  -  Firm buys technology for electric vehicles' battery for USs2.sm By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE GP Batteries International (GPBI), known for its environmentfriendly batteries, is working on a "green" battery for electric vehicles. It bought the technology for the Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery, costing US$2.5 million
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      What are corporate insiders up to, raising stakes in related firms?
      640 4  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By Amir Khalil SINGAPORE Do they know something that we don't? The recent slew of corporate results has been followed by a string of share dealings by corporate insiders, mostly purchases of related companies.
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Michelin returns to profit
        105 6 PARIS Michelin, the world's largest tyremaker, announced a turnaround approaching two billion French francs to a net profit of 820 million francs (***** million) in the first half of the year, from a 1.06-billion-franc loss in the same period of !1991. The improvement came chiefly from
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        SHK net profit up 50pc
        95 6 [HONGKONG Investment company SHK Hongkong Ltd yesterday said its net profit rose 50.5 per •cent to HKS63.I million (S$ 12.9 million) in its fiscal first half ended June 30 from HKS4I.9 million in the year-earli-er period. The figures are after tax and payments to outside
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        HK firm places US debt issue
        52 6 iHONGKONG Hongkong's Castle Peak Power Co Ltd |has placed the first debt issue in the US that extends past •1997, when the British colony reverts to Chinese rule. The lissue 4s worth U*****.5 million (Ss2l4 million) and involves notes with maturities of up to
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        Gillette unveils new line
        61 6 iNEW YORK Gillette Co has launched a new line of [what it called premium products for men's grooming, hoping to grab a bigger share of the US$6 billion (559.6 billion) imarket. It said on Tuesday that it spent three years and ;US$75 million developing the Gillette
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      Lock icon British Aerospace suffers £129m interim loss
      396 6 Group confirms plans for joint venture with Taiwan Aerospace Reuter LONDON British Aerospace pic yesterday reported big losses for the first half of 1992 and confirmed plans to set up a joint venture with Taiwan Aerospace Corp for its loss-making regional jet business. It
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      Lock icon Daewoo, Uzbekistan sign US$750m deals
      194 6 AFP SEOUL South Korea's Daewoo group and Uzbekistan have signed contracts worth US$75O million (S$ 1.2 billion) in the automotive, electronics and light industry fields, a company statement said yesterday. Group chairman Kim Woo Choong and Uzbekistan President Islam Kharimov reached the agreements when the
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      Lock icon Coca-Cola launches new flavoured drinks
      346 6 Reuter NEW YORK Coca-Cola Co dove into the flavoured sparkling water business on Tuesday with a drink aimed at winning new consumers under 30, while saying that case sales of its traditional soft drinks had levelled off. Hard on the heels of archrival PepsiCo Inc,
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      Lock icon Jardine Strategic net profit rises 7.9pc
      320 6 Bloomberg HONGKONG Jardine Strategic Holdings yesterday said its net profit rose 7.9 per cent to U*****.3 million (S$ 181 million) in its fiscal first half ended June 30 from US$lO5.O million in the year-earlier period. The figures are after tax and outside interests but
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      Lock icon China firm's listing in US may dash HK hopes
      442 6 IHT HONGKONG Hongkong's hopes of becoming the "Manhattan of China," funnelling international capital into the mainland economy, may be dashed by underwriters in the real Manhattan if a Chinese company succeeds with its plan to be the first mainland enterprise to
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      224 5 ANNOUNCING THE ON TOP »t ADVANCED /'lt THERAPY SYSTEM' l»"~* *J 3 iijn FOR THOSI AT THE TOP WHO WANT TO Getting to the top and for the next purchase of any On Top sta X in S there is never product. This introductory offer is «gj I easy. Just
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      355 7 1 —rin PM/92 OPENS UP TODAY. Yes. we're well aware that the Singapore stock accessible to the small investor. balance. You can change your life cover, adjust your market first opened its doors some 18 years ago. Bigger returns, less risk. Expert fund manage- premium payment, top-up your account or
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Keppel Bank cuts prime, deposit rates
        50 8 SINGAPORE Keppel Bank lowered its prime lending rate by a quarter percentage point from 5.75 per cent to 5.50 per cent today. Fixed deposit rates for one month to two years were similarly reduced by a quarter point. The bank's savings rates remain unchanged.
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        Kiev exchange opens with no trade
        76 8 KIEV Ukraine's first currency exchange opened on Tuesday but not a single dollar, rouble or Ukrainian coupon changed hands. "This was only the first step to creating a currency market in Ukraine," Oleh Andronov, the head of the exchange, said of the reluctance of
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        Rothschild provides for bad debts
        64 8 ZURICH Swiss private bank Rothschild Bank AG said on Tuesday that it would make new provisions of 150 million Swiss francs (S$ 183.7 million) for bad debts after uncovering credit irregularities, and its shareholders stepped in to support it. Last month the former head of
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        Bank offers braille statements
        50 8 TORONTO A major Canadian bank said on Tuesday it has started offering monthly chequing statements in braille to help the visually impaired. Volunteers with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) helped the Royal Bank of Canada develop the statement, CNIB spokesman Bob Elton said.
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        Weak Aussie loans demand likely
        68 8 SYDNEY Demand for loans would remain weak until stronger evidence of economic recovery emerged, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia said in its annual report. "It is important to stress that the bank remains willing to lend it is the lack of demand and, to a
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      Lock icon More banks trim deposit rates in Malaysia
      461 8  -  But dealers uncertain about cuts in base lending rates By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE More Ma-laysian-based banks lowered deposit rates this week but money market dealers in Kuala Lumpur are not sure about prospects for across-the-board cuts in base lending rates (BLR). Following rate
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      Prudential's new product gives investment option
      350 8 SINGAPORE Prudential Assurance will offer policyholders a new product that will give them life insurance protection and the opportunity to invest in a fund that it manages. PruLink, the first invest-ment-linked product in Singapore, will be offered as a regular premium policy. It comes
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      Lock icon Credit Lyonnais profit slashed by huge provisions
      348 8 Reuter PARIS French bank Credit Lyonnais said on Tuesday that its profit was decimated in the first half of this year by huge provisions against bad debts and dud loans despite healthy growth in operating income. The state-owned bank, the second biggest in
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      Lock icon Westpac's A$1.2b rights issue may face shortfall
      374 8 Reuter SYDNEY Australia's largest bank, Westpac Banking Corp, said yesterday its Asl.2 billion (551.39 billion) rights issue was likely to face a shortfall. "It is unlikely that all those entitled to take up rights have done so," Westpac managing director Frank Conroy said.
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      157 8 COMPETMGON CREDIT TERMS COULD LOCK YOU IN AIKHTSmumON t 0 Selling on competitive credit terms could leave you in a tight cash-flow situation. Funds that you need to take advantage of new business opportunities could all be tied up in accounts receivables, restricting your company's growth. This is where International
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon 2 KL exchanges gets nod to trade in financial futures
      402 9 Analysts feel market not ready to sustain both Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has allowed two rival exchanges to trade in financial futures, setting the stage for a fierce battle for the fledgling but potentially lucrative industry, analysts said yesterday. Malaysia's
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      What Ted left behind
      25 9 BAGUIO, Philippines A passerby looking at a building uprooted by landslides after Tropical Storm Ted swept through the country on Monday.
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      Lock icon Ramos acts on kidnapping threat
      470 9 Police to be revamped and budget for anti-crime unit raised AFP, UPI MANILA President Fidel Ramos yesterday stepped up the government's efforts to stamp out kidnap-for-ransom gangs as victims in the Philippines' Chinese community considered forming armed self-defence groups. "I assure fellow Filipinos and our
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      Laos keeping resort/industrial project secret
      392 9  -  By Harish Mehta VIENTIANE Plans for an ambitious multi-million-dollar resort-cum-industrial city on the banks of the Mekong River are being kept under a veil of secrecy by Laotian officials who fear Thai businessmen will hijack or scuttle the project. A consortium of 14 foreign companies
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      Lock icon United Nations to control Cambodian central bank
      243 9 Reuter PHNOM PENH The United Nations peacekeeping authority in Cambodia is to take direct control of the country's central bank, a UN spokesman said. "The National Bank of Cambodia will operate under the direct control of Untac." said Eric Fait, spokesman for the
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      Lock icon Thai garment exports to fall short of 100b baht target
      226 9 KnightRidder BANGKOK Thailand's garment exports this year will fall short of the 100-billion-baht (556.3 billion) target due to the global economic slump and local political unrest earlier in the year, the head of the Thai Garment Manufacturers' Association said yesterday.
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Share responsibility over straits: KL
        88 9 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia wants the operational and' financial responsibility over the Straits of Malacca to be shared equitably among maritime nations, its users and the littoral states. Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday that littoral states alone should not be left to shoulder the
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        M'sian prince advised on trips
        101 9 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian prince wanted by the Australian authorities but protected by Kuala Lumpur has been advised by a minister against visiting countries having extradition ties with Canberra, a press report said yesterday. Prince Raja Kamarul Baharin Shah was reminded by Law Minister Syed
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        New KL law to check illicit sex
        69 9 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Muslim couples will need to produce marriage certificates before checking into hotels' under a proposed law to check illicit sex, an official saftf yesterday. Hotels and lodging houses would have their li-, cences revoked if they did not comply with
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        Woman can be toughest man
        91 9 BRISBANE The winner of a contest to find the toughest* man in the Australian Outback could be a woman. Dennis Hayes, organiser of the Power Brewing Iron Bushie compete tion, says the contest will now be opened to women. "The women out here can do
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        Cambodian crimes on the rise
        62 9 PHNOM PENH Murders and armed robberies in Cambodia have increased 200 per cent over the last year, according to statistics released yesterday by the UN. One year ago, violent crimes averaged 81 per month countrywide. But this July and August, Cambodians were murdering and robbing
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      Lock icon Cutbacks by Indian govt hit cement industry
      385 9 Reuter BOMBAY Sharp cutbacks by the Indian government in major infrastructure projects have slashed its offtake of cement by 70 per cent since July 1991, the head of the country's biggest cement company said yesterday. S Ganguly, managing director of the Associated Cement
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Albanian envoys arrested for soliciting prostitute
        94 10 BOSTON Six Albanian diplomats in Boston for a reception celebrating their nation's return to democracy were arrested for soliciting a prostitute who turned out to be a police decoy, a police spokesman said. The six, aged 52 to 68, were driving at the weekend
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        Nations seek pact with Mexico
        85 10 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras The three countries that form Central America's "Northern Triangle" El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have agreed to jointly negotiate a free trade pact with Mexico, Honduran Economy Minister Ramon Medina said. "We have agreed to act as a bloc in our negotiations with
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        Lock icon Taking a look at the past
        48 10 Reuter JOKYO Former Chinese foreign minister Ji Pengfei visiting an exhibition of the late Chinese prime minister Chou Enlai to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the normalisation of Chinese-Japanese relations in Tokyo. Mr Ji is in Japan for an 8-day visit. Reuter
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        No renegotiation of Nafta
        74 10 MEXICO CITY President Carlos Salinas de Gortari said that Mexico will not renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement now awaiting legislative approval in the US and Canada. The Mexican leader said the proposed agreement, as written, would improve the economies of all three nations and
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        Nosing their way to better ties
        95 10 SEOUL Japan, scenting a means of improving uneasy relations with its former colony South Korea, has given permission for the return of some 20,000 noses lopped off in battle nearly 400 years ago. Kim Moon-gil, professor of Japanese history at Pusan University of Foreign
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        The new Ten Commandments
        83 10 VATICAN CITY Thou shall not evade taxes. Thou shall not take bribes. Thou shall not traffic in drugs. These are, broadly speaking, some of the modern-day derivatives of the Ten Commandments which appear in an updated Universal Catechism for the world's 960 million Roman Catholics. Italian
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      Lock icon Perot says withdrawal from race a mistake
      591 10 WSTfRESIDEMlL I«1MK Billionaire gives broad hint of returning to campaign AP DALLAS Ross Perot said on Tuesday he "made a mistake" in dropping his independent presidential challenge, delivering yet another broad hint that the billionaire may engage in active campaigning in the final
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      Lock icon UN bars Belgrade from speaking and voting at its forums
      377 10 AP UNITED NATIONS Yugoslavia was without a voice at the United Nations yesterday, ostracised by the world community for waging war on former republics of the shattered Balkan federation. The General Assembly voted 127-6 late Tuesday to bar Yugoslavia now
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      Lock icon Dissident pessimistic about change
      203 10 AP NEW YORK China's aging leaders are so rigid that the world should not expect any compromises or easing of policy on human rights until the old order changes, a leading Chinese dissident said. And even then, there appeared little prospect for a major shift in
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      316 10 AFP BEIJING Shanghai is booming, its gross domestic product (GDP) climbing 14.19 per cent in the first eight months of this year from the year-earlier period, the Xinhua News Agency said yesterday. This rate was two percentage points above the national average,
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      262 10 Reuter MOSCOW Acting Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar detailed the collapse of the country's economy on Tuesday, saying tougher measures are needed to put a lid on inflationary pressure. He told the opening session of Parliament that industrial production could fall by 20 per
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      670 10 Better to be adept at resolving disputes before they become wars NYT UNITED NATIONS The 12 European Community countries on Tuesday warned that unless the United Nations becomes more adept at resolving disputes before they erupt into conflicts, it risks becoming
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      169 10 Canadian International School (Singapore) The School, which is fully accredited by the Ministry of Education in Ontario, Canada and registered with the Ministry of Education in Singapore, offers tuition to students from Grade 7to the OAC level. Instruction provided by professionally certified Canadian teachers. •An internationally recognized diploma the Ontario
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      Lock icon Sampras gets a second chance
      808 11 After a disastrous Davis Cup final last year, the world No. 3 men's player gets a chance to redeem himself in the semi-final this weekend AP MINNEAPOLIS Another shot at Stefan Edberg. Another chance to redeem himself in the eyes of his countrymen. Another opportunity
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        No betting at new race track in Guangzhou
        90 11 HONGKONG China's southern Guangdong province is to ban betting on horses at its planned new race track, a semiofficial Chinese news agency said yesterday. Wu Liang, vicemayor of the provincial capital Guangzhou who is in charge of building the new permanent track,
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        Lartigue hangs on to lead
        83 11 PARIS Erwin Weber and Bruno Saby, driving Mitsubishis, dominated Tuesday's stage of the Paris-Beijing rally but could not dent the overall lead of Citroen rival Pierre Lartigue. Weber was first to the Great Wall of China, winning the 17th stage from Hami to Jiayuguan in
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        Higher stakes at British Open
        117 11 ST ANDREWS, Scotland Organisers of the British Open golf championship will break new ground next year by offering a winning cheque of £100,000 (*****,000) for Jhe first time. That is an increase of £5,000 on what Englishman Nick Faldo earned for his triumph at Muirfielcf
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        Jansher squashes Bonetat
        73 11 JOHANNESBURG World number one squash player Jansher Khan took only 35 minutes to get past the first round of the World Open here on Tuesday. The from Peshawar, favourite to win back the World Open title, beat French number one Julien Bonetat 15-9, 15-9, 15-10 with disconcerting
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        Everest expedition porter dies
        98 11 KATHMANDU A Nepalese porter with Iman Gurung's "20-hour Everest Expedition" died of high altitude sickness on Tuesday, Tourism Ministry officials here said. An official said the death of Kun Thapa, 33, brought to five the number of climbers who had died in the Himalayas during the
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      512 11 NYT NEW YORK Cruising the open seas on a sailboard and a rig with the wind at your back may sound Zen-like, but windsurfers with aching backs know that their sport isn't all bliss. Australian doctors say competitive windsurfers may be risking
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      Lock icon Sabatini advances to q-finals of Tokyo tournament
      325 11 AFP TOKYO Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina beat Japan's Rika Hiraki in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of the U*****,000 (*****,000) Nichirei women's tennis tournament here yesterday. Returning to the scene of her first career title at the 1985 Japan Open, Sabatini overcame
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      Lock icon Berlin dithering over Olympic bid
      503 11 Infighting and allegations of financial irregularities plague preparations AP BERLIN Mikhail Gorbachev would give "vigorous support" to a Berlin Olympics. Olympic pole vaulter Sergei Bubka also likes the idea. So, why is the German capital's bid for the year 2000 Olympics having so much trouble
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      Lock icon Argentine coach ecstatic over Maradona's return
      237 11 Reuter BUENOS AIRES Argentina's coach Alfio Basile, overjoyed at news of Diego Maradona's return to soccer, said on Tuesday he would call the former captain to the national team for every important match. "I am choked with emotion. The world's best player is back,
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    Going easy on wages
    487 12 EDITORIAL IF SOME employers are less than enthusiastic about concluding their wage talks this year, there is a good reason: Operating margins have come down for many companies, and there's no telling as yet how the world economy, and their own business prospects, will shape up
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Why did they do it?
      280 12 A 'HEADLINE like "CDAC: Most who opt out are English-educated" must be read carefully and in Context, because it does not translate into "CDAC: Most English-educated have opted out". According to figures released by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong last Sunday, 31,000, or 4 per
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      The professional image
      87 12 FROM time to time, calls have been made to the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce to improve its professional image. Recently, a similar call was made by Haji Ridzwan Dzafir, director-general of TDB, at a closed-door forum on the future direction of Malay businessmen. Against the backdrop
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      Safety first
      116 12 MALAYSIA, Indonesia and Singapore, the three countries bordering the Straits of Malacca, have made successive calls for Japan to be cautious in handling the safe passage of the Akatsuki Maru. They have also declared openly that they do not wish to see the vessel, with its cargo of
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      Allocating Cabinet posts
      193 12 MEMBERS of the prospective five-party coalition deserve credit for striking a speedy agreement on the allocation of Cabinet posts in an apparent atmosphere of compromise. It is a pleasant surprise that the agreement to divide up ministerial portfolios was resolved rather quickly over the weekend despite reports
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      The French referendum
      180 12 THE "Yes" vote in France on Sunday is not likely to see Europe's currency problems fade away. If at all, the crisis of last week that severely buffeted several European currencies will ensure that the European Community's Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) remains under pressure. The whole episode
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      A full account please
      141 12 THE connection between bigwigs in politics and the don of a big crime syndicate has been revealed at the first trial of the Tokyo Sagawa Kyubin case. Shin Kanemaru, leader of the Takeshita faction in the ruling LDP and who is at the centre of the
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    Change in energy policy needed
    972 12  -  The Japanese government should cancel the planned shipment of plutonium from France, says Tadao Ishibashi, a lawyer practising in Aomori Prefecture, the site of a nuclear reprocessing plant Tadao Ishibashi, JAPAN this fall is to transport by ship about one tonne of plutonium from France,
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      341 12 THE WINNING EDGE I lj v For over two decades Singapore Business has covered I YY ij the local and regional business scenes with more depth and breadth from a perspective which is more relevant to local businessmen than any other publication. Some may call it an unfair advantage. We
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      35 12 POONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU |this is so yeah well. GOOD GOP- MAT'S FORFAMM unfair'OUß amaBBW? QUICK! tunas oh m sue I vAwes.no family is Goeer AUX.XXJR THATf UMT* I DOUBT. TU, INTACT, NOR- rwttT UHAVS- t*UGHTE#S
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Junk bonds making a comeback
      879 13  -  With defaults on junk bonds falling substantially this year, bond sales are again riding high in the United States. Allen R Myerson reports Allen R Myerson NYT Discredited and discarded just a couple of years ago, junk bonds are back. With U5529.5 billion (5547.3 billion)
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      Regional economic alliances: the next wave
      1270 13  -  Foreign investment will continue to fuel Asia's economic growth. But competition for such investment is likely to be between Growth Triangle-type alliances rather than individual countries, a recent study concludes. BT's Economics Correspondent Kenneth James reports Kenneth James IN ASEAN, it is called the
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      Lock icon Spanish sisters top construction sector
      746 13  -  Keith Grant looks at the success story of two women who control Spain's largest construction company Keith Grant Reuter BARELY two years after painful and highly publicised marital breakups, two Spanish sisters with little direct business experience have quietly put together their country's biggest construction
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      52 13 The The Features Benefit For Sale 11 Help Street, Chatswood High yield investment property lOkms north of City of Sydney This property represents excellent counter-cyclical buying Contact: Mr Jim Williams A51.321m Jones Lang Wootton 45th 46th Floors, Shell Tower per annum 50 Raffles Place, Singapore 0104 Tel: 220 3888 IIV
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      Lock icon New frontiers: a market that's educated, affluent... homosexual
      477 14  -  Stuart Elliott on US marketers' newest target consumer group Stuart Elliott NYT AFTER listening to Republican Party attacks on homosexuals as having made "a wrong choice", many of America's largest marketers are making a different choice. Rather than being daunted by the
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      Ad firms cannot ignore singles in UK: survey
      311 14 Single-person households double to more than 6m The number of Britons living alone is exploding and advertisers can no longer afTord to ignore their spending power, according to recent new research. Reported by the trade magazine Campaign, the research found that one
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      Lock icon American brands: Act II
      383 14  -  Stuart Elliott on the revival campaigns of familiar products Stuart Elliott NYT unn HERE are no I second acts in J. American lives," F Scott Fitzgerald once proclaimed. Perhaps so, but a -growing number of marketers apparently hope that there are at least second acts for
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        Bus ads part of Sony's Kirara Basso campaign
        70 14 SONY, which claims to have a one-third market share of television sets here, has launched a 34-inch Trinitron TV. Called the Kirara Basso (the ad appears on the bus above), it has high-powered amplifiers and surround modes for music, movies and space
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        On to next phase of SPH system
        59 14 SINGAPORE Press Holdings will launch Phase II of Agency Connection on Sep 28. It is part of SPH's multi-milhon-dollar integrated business system called Adnet and allows accredited advertising agencies to book, amend or cancel advertisements directly. SPH is the first company in the
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        Sheraton Towers tops poll
        57 14 SHERATON Towers Singapore was voted the best hotel in the world by frequent travellers, outshining the industry icons like the Dorchester in London and the Mandarin Oriental in Hongkong. It was voted Hotel of the Year 1992 by the 40,000 readers of UK-based Executive Travel and
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        Freeman returns to Big Blue
        61 14 C RAY FREEMAN, the former ad director of IBM Corp, is back at Big Blue and it could mean that the relationship with Lintas Worldwide, its product advertising agency, could be altered said Advertising Age. Freeman is director of marketing strategies for IBM's personal systems
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      Visa sets its sights on travel market
      1149 15  -  Card wars Sylvia Wong talks to Visa which is launching an attack on Amex's stronghold, the travel and entertainment market Sylvia Wong AFTER years of mutual im-age-bashing in largely separate markets, Visa International and arch-ri-val American Express are now battling it out in
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      Mastercard switches agencies for US account
      850 15  -  Stuart Elliot reports on its bid to boost its marketing Stuart Elliot MASTERCARD International has selected Ammirati Puris Inc in New York to handle the creative portion of its US account, estimated at US$6O million (Ss96 million). The decision, announced late last month, ended
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      Lock icon AT&T has 10m Universal cardholders
      186 15 NYT AT&T says its Universal credit card now has more than 10 million accounts. The company has also announced that it is cutting the interest rate on the card to 14.9 per cent from 15.4 per cent The announcements in the US last week held
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      293 15 File Edit Options Page Iype Element Window Help H rn I IB U AST Power Premium: Step on the gas! I Imagine a computer that maximises H the power User Interface H accelerates H speed to the computing allows you to choose platform best suited to your individual needs. H|
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      110 16 vS&qEK* iQtr wr '> <:. t f i?v? -^'<^; -!^r f-.- .'•^^^^gqjßKr^^iEMw'* \i3jSz'~! -'-■H'V 0-" ~v— v "ssKa.v.' ■_ur?ff^Tfl'rn*T"y^?^' I S P ip ~j&k B 4^pSK®®^ NORTHWEST OPENS UP MORE U.S. GATEWAYS THAN ANY OTHER AIRLINE. II i Fly Northwest Airlines daily from 200 cities in the United States. All
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      247 17 Business limes, inursaay r»epiemper ivvz MKr-, 18/v^l bmihhßll 1;/ I B-■ —c:-— ar I J 1 *mw Bi J I ni 'f| I |g|T JHfMOmJBiMIiTi V Til ill! i,..%&. v 4 >0K ii k 1',!% f<; ■HRw;«Wu^: v v> HB p H^jfl JgT I SOLE AGENT SERVICE CENTRE: W'E'L'L'T'l'M'E SINGAPORE
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      584 18 Nothing Beats A Bud. IRt^ OF A FIRST FOR EXODUS EXODUS rated Malaysia's top entertainers after winning .%< IRfc the group category in the 1991 Top of the Pubs competition s 3r n 9' n 9 their exciting brand of music to Singapore. The talented Paul brothers will enthrall you
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      233 18 WHERE TO WINE, DINE... Sugar 'N Spices is everything nice! f Spices. With renditions of old hits that'll whizz you back to the 50s and Swimwear Fashion Show in i r r 11- rntr 2Moon ONE PRICE FOR 50 DISHES Enjoy unlimited servings of 50 superb Canton and Sichuan dishes
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      337 18 Local Tea Time delights at Chatterbox "TJT* ever y Saturday and Sunday 3 pm to 5.30 pm. $14.50+ per person $8.50+ per child (below 10 yrs) Mezaarre Sumptuous Continental Afternoon Tea spread at Mezzanine Lounge. Daily. 2pm to 6pm $16.00+ per person $10.00+ per child (below 10 yrs) in Orchard
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      626 18 TELEVISION AND RADIO Wwnwewewetosr *tn i'i iiiimii«Mirwrmrtianm»rrM»<Hin» atfftniinn«nni»»>Mii»«i«.i.tn>i« i i» <«» win n mumm n n "ii" ir "ht rTr^TnnT~TT-nri —rmm mr*~~~ —i~i I—mrnrmn1 —mrnrmnm in n f 11 SBCI2' 930 The Unseen Ene- 6.00 Regional News (M). RItCIKICCC (\U Darn A I n/AWWVn J „i my. Johnathan Raven (he
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      1131 19  -  Far from his bat-biting dove-dunking days, Black Sabbath's former lead singer looks forward to more sober times ahead. Nick Ravo reports Nick Ravo NYT OZZY Osboume will always be remembered for his uncontrollable appetite. Once, on stage, he bit the head off a dead bat
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      Salem church readmits accused witches
      492 19 CHATTERBOX THREE HUNDRED years after they were excommunicated and executed, two victims of the Salem witchcraft hysteria were readmitted to their church. "It's supposed to be the start of a healing process," said Edward Gwin, a member of The First Church in Salem, Massachusetts. He
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      246 19 AND ENTERTAIN A PASTA PARADE There's more to pasta than meets the eye. Savour pasta in a multitude of ways. At Cafe-in-the-Park Every Thursday Buffet Lunch from 12 pm Buffet Dinner from 6.30 pm a At $19.50++ per person ANA For reservations, please call SINGAPORE 16 Nas*m ml. Sngjpo.l lOCS
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      104 19 CITCUTON THE jljUlboard The best deal in m town returns to Nishiki again! Eat-As-Much-Sushi-As-You-Can n September. Available only at the sushi counter of Nishiki Restaurant. Priced at JjjjjjJ $48.00+ {jjgjf per (jjjf person, you can certainly enjoy a really sumptuous lunch! Available v 5 v from 7to PR 30 September
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      44 19 > Our latest model reflects THE 1 8 5 6 STATE OF THE ART. Handmade since j«?« 4 m 4 m ft i I GOID///PFEIL |i I 9 f f M 9 I 1 V. m t If 1 _M 1 f m v t
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Magnum-related stocks dominate market action
      3885 20  -  By Sylvia Wong COMPANIES related to the Magnum group of Malaysia took centrestage in an otherwise quiet market yesterday. Magnum and its parent, Dunlop Estates returned to the market in a flurry of activity after a two-week suspension pending a company announcement. Magnum, with businesses
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      Lock icon HOT STOCK
      72 20  -  By Quak Hiang Whai HAS Nat Steel crossed its long-term support after closing at yesterday's low of $2.69? During its climb in the late 1980s, its last solid resistance appeared to be $2.70, which could now become the last support before it collapses. If this last support fails,
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      54 20 rmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i CALL MILANO'S HOT DELIVERY HOTLINE NOW! i 468-2222 i for mouth-watering Italian pasta, pizza, BBQ ribs, salads and more! R Office/Home Delivery Hours: Daily from 11.00 am onwards (including Public Holidays). I FREE delivery for a minimum order of $10.00 $3.00 surcharge for delivery after 11.00 pm. WILANO
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    3206 21 UOB Foreign 665 +25 +3.9% DBS 1080 20 +1.9% DBS Foreign 1110 +20 +18% Semb Shipyard 685 +15 +2.2% Inchcape 550 +10 +1.9% SLA 1310 +10 +0.8% C&C Wt 248 +6 +2.5% OUE 620 +5 +0.8% First Capital 223 +4 +1.8% Singmarine 50* 308 4
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 3
    3481 22 Dunlop Est 318 +66 +26.2% Dunlop Esl CULS 299 +60 +25.1% Amal Steel 50« 154 +6 +4.1% Berjaya Leisure 159 +5 +3.2% Gentings 50* 785 +5 +0.6% Magnum Corp 5C 545 +5 +0.9% Multi-Purpose 80% +5 6.6% M Plantations 49 +4 +8.9% Kamunting 50* 4516+3
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      282 22 Toll free Tel No 737 0Q43 Fax No: 734 3698 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S NAME We, STS Shipping Pte Ltd, 10 Hoe Chiang Road, #11-03 Keppel Towers, Singapore 0208, horeby give notice that in consequence of our intended change of name of the vessel MV "ORIENT PRIDE",
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      362 22 TRANSWORLD MARINE LIMITED (Incorporated In tha Rapubftc of Singapore) Registered Oflice: No. 1 Benoi Road Sinoapora 2262 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 322 Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Singapore 2262 on the 12th day of October
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      Lock icon Shares end narrowly mixed in directionless market
      5315 23 Bernama SHARE PRICES closed narrowly mixed yesterday after selling alternated with selective buying amid the absence of leads from the Tokyo market, which was closed for a holiday. Supported by some interest in component stocks, the KLSE Composite Index rebounded from the day's
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      210 24 Ciwpiay 0*t« Yaar Grasp Net M uriiap Gross mh to praftt/lass (L) par slur* tfWMaatf COOi) (carts) PwPsethc Sep 11 Mar 92 $412($795) 1.3(2.5) 4(4) Gft Sep 7 Mar 92 $13,952($12,546) 41.3(47 9) U 8TE(11TE) IseUn Sep 7 Mar 92 $7,755(110.140) 23.5(31) 10(10) Insas Sep 7 Jun 92
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      316 24 Clipny Oat* Ymt Ctmp pretax Itot Mraiags 6r*»» mm to pr»flt/te*»(L) par share dhrktoad (•000) (caato) Hong Leong Ind Sep 22 Jun 92 M$121.821 (MS101.258) 47(38) 16(15) ScottsHdgs Sep 22 Jun 92 $8,269($3,896) 2(1.7) 1.25(-) First Capital Sep 18 Jun 92 $27,992($11.436) 9.9(5.5) 2(1) Hcstie Hldgs Sep 18
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      694 24 Ciipny Dato HaN-yMr 6tm» pretax tetortai mm to pr»ftt/tes» (L) dhrktond COM) Seng Sep 22 Jun 92 M$13,657(lll$19,496) 4(5) Lee Kim Tali Sep 22 Jun 92 $1.716L($1.118) IGB Corpn Sep 22 Jun 92 $34,283($33,685) Ma Sep 22 Jun 92 US$316.1r(US$271.8)r 3.7(3.4) mm Garden Sep 21 Jun 92 M$6,422
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      218 24 The Hour Gbss Ltd: 13th AGM at The Windsor, Level 2, Goodwood Park Hotel, 22 Scotts Road, Singapore 0922, on Thursday, Sep 24, at 3.00 pm Singapore SKpbukfng ft Engineering Ltd: EGM at 7 Benoi Road. Singapore 2262, on Friday, Sep 25, at 10.00 am HTP HoWngs Ltd.
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      322 24 In load curr In SS In USS dy yr dy yr dy yr s» p 22 Index chge chge chge chge chgc chge World 386.0 0.0 -5.5 0.4 -6.8 0.6 -5.7 tEAFE 453.8 0.2 -9.6 1.3 -10.4 1.5 9.4 Europe 406.4 -0.1 -1.2 0.3 -4.8
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      983 24 Current Ex tmks Date Total lor Trtal for piymofft date daaa payaMo tto year last yoar MOB 50c 3.5%(b) Sep 10 Sep 24 Oct 23 35% 35% ton* 5% (I) Sep 18 Sep 30 Oct 15 5% 12 2% Mn (Up 50c 6%(b) Aug 26 Sep 7 Sep
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      53 24 Sep 21 Amfels Inc, Far East Levngston Shipbuidng's US subsidiary, has completed a U552.75 million (554.4 million) unit for Western Oceanic Inc of Houston. SCS Grumman Computer Systems, a subsidiary of Singapore Computer Systems has teamed up with BAeCam to market the latter's factory floor management products in
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      221 24 Company Rights Issue Gofctan Hope One-to-w g MSI 50 per share Ei-date Atf 27 Books dose Sep 10 Acceptance A Payment Oct 22 MAS One-tor-one MSS 00 per share Ex-date: Sep 7 Books dose: Sep 21 Acceptaoce Payment Nov 2 OUT One-tor two SI 50 per share Ei-date
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    Lock icon CHARTING SERVICE
    610 24 Moving Averages: A moving average curve shows at any one time the mean of the prices over a specified time frame. A five-day moving average, for instance, is the average of the last five days' prices. Moving averages (MA) are normally plotted with the prices, and serve as
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    CHINA STOCK EXCHANGES
    293 25 THE Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia (CLSA) All China Index, launched in May, is the first index to track all shares on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. It is backed by four subindices which monitor separately the A and B shares on the two bourses. All the
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      Stocks strengthen amid interest in bank shares
      986 25 JAKARTA STOCK PRICES strengthened in fairly active trade yesterday, boosted by strong buying interest in bank shares, brokers said. The Composite Index ended 2.25 points higher at 297.85. "There is active buying of bank shares, bringing most prices up. I think this is
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      Lock icon Index closes higher on gains by major issues
      2146 25 Reuter MAJOR CAPITALISATION issues gained in yesterday's afternoon trading and their rises helped the Bangkok stock index close higher, in spite of the number of declining issues outnumbering rises, brokers said. The SET Index ended 7.95 points higher at 871.37 on heavy
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      2476 26 AFP HONGKONG share prices dived in cautious trading on the local stock market yesterday with the Hang Seng Index shedding 27.54 points to close the day's trading at 5,712.64. The broader All Ordinaries Index also ended 16.56 points lower at 3,047.68. Turnover dropped
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    TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    2046 26 The Tokyo stock market was closed yesterday for Autumnal Equinox Day. Below are Tuesday's closing prices j, Vol Vol Sep 22 Yen High Low (TO) PE Yen High Low (TO) PE 1360 40 1370 1340 5300 83 Jujo Paper 510 -10 520 499 3870 37 r Akai
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  • AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Stocks fall sharply in jittery trade
      2094 27 Reuter DEMAND for put options combined with ongoing anxiety over the Maastricht Treaty and global markets caused Australian share prices to close sharply lower yesterday. I Brokers said nervous arbitrageurs had operated in op- tions and futures and sparked the downward trend. "Overall, people
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • NZ bourse ignores Dow's fall to end steady
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        NEW ZEALAND
        285 27 NEW ZEALAND investors yesterday shrugged off a 39.98-point fall on Wall Street with the NZSE-40 Capital Index easing just 1.06 at 1,472.09. However, brokers said the local market remains under the sway of foreign markets and is likely to remain sluggish while key foreign investors are preoccupied with
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        TAIPEI
        485 27 THE TAIWAN stock index finished slightly higher yesterday as institutional buying in blue chips continued. Brokers said the market would consolidate in the near term after last week's fall. The Weighted Index closed up 4.67 points at 3,529.42 compared with Tuesday's 3,524.75. Turnover was NT$ 14.65 billion against NT$l4
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        MANILA
        540 27 SHARE PRICES closed lower in listless trade yesterday as the market sought a new focus after being weighed down by a string of negative developments. The Manila Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 8.6 points to close at 1,387.55. The rash of kidnappings which has hit the local Chinese community,
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        SEOUL
        816 27 SEOUL STOCKS rose slightly in weak trading yesterday as nervous individual investors preferred to watch from the sidelines with no fresh news in sight, brokers said. The Composite Index rose -5.19 points to end at 524.35. However, trading volume and turnover plunged to 18.91 million worth 193.54 billion won
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        BOMBAY
        107 27 BOMBAY shares ended slightly higher on Tuesday in dull trading as players stayed on the sidelines to try to determine the market trend. The BSE Index rose 24.01 points to 3,298.75. The National Index rose 9.97 to 1,477.97. "The market was flat and it has yet to find a
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        50 27 INDICES TURNOVER Cloae Sep 23 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1,472.09 1,473.14 -1J06 MANILA Composite Index Turnover (mil pesos) 1,387.55 184.4 1,396.15 212 4.6 -27.6 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index Turnover (NTS billion) 3,529.42 14.65 3,524.75 14 +4.67 +065 SEOUL Composite Stock Index Turnover (billion won) 524.35 193.54 519.16 226.1 +5.19 -32.56
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • US stocks tumble on earnings, rates woes
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        NEW YORK
        1297 28 NEW YORK STOCKS tumbled for the second straight day on Tuesday in moderate trading as computer-driven sell programs exacerbated selling fuelled by earnings woes and concerns over rising interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average pliyiged 39.98 points to 3,280.85. The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index fell
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        LONDON
        630 28 SHARE PRICES rose on Tuesday after the Bank of England cut its key interest rate by one point to 9 per cent and on the perceived benefits for exports of the lower sterling exchange rate. The FT-SE Index of 100 leading shares ended 25.9 points higher to 2,598.4. The
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        FRANKFURT
        219 28 THE STOCK MARKET remained weak on Tuesday due to uncertainties about the fate of the European Monetary System, operators said. The DAX Spot Trend Index ended the day at 1,550.34 points, down 1.49 per cent from Monday's close, while the Commerzbank indicator lost 16.50 to 1,734.40. In addition, the
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        75 28 INDICES TURNOVER NEW YORK Clow Previous Sep 22 Dow Jones SAP 500 Turnover (million) 3.280.85 3.320.83 -39.98 417.14 422.14 -5.0 187.03 153.94 +33.09 LONDON Financial Times 30 FTSE 100 Turnover (million) 1.910.1 2.598.4 982.2 1.887.8 2,560.1 951.3 22.3 25.9 30.9 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1,550 34 1.573.86 -23.52 AMSTERDAM EOE Index
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        AMSTERDAM
        311 28 DUTCH STOCKS recovered from a midsession slip on Tuesday to close mixed to slightly easier but trade was slow as investors were still digesting last week's hectic moves. The EOE Index ended 0.15 points off at 289.53. News of 9 per cent growth in German M 3 money supply
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        MILAN
        262 28 ITALIAN SHARES closed with sharp losses on Tuesday as Monday's mild recovery dissolved on worries about the lira and the fate of the budget package, dealers said. The MIB All-Share Index closed 3.07 per cent down at 726. Rumours that the ERM was about to be suspended added to
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        PARIS
        217 28 SHARE PRICES finished a shade higher after an up-and-down session on Tuesday, and Credit Lyonnais investment certificates plummeted after news that its first-half results were hit by heavy provisions. The CAC-40 Index ended 6.75 points higher at 1,832.81 with 2.8 billion francs' worth of shares changing hands. The market
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        ZURICH
        290 28 SWISS SHARES closed a touch stronger on Tuesday after easier money market rates offset the dampening impact of higher-than-expected German money supply growth, dealers said. The AllShare SPI Index closed 4.2 points higher at 1,156.4. The SMI Index of leading shares added 11.6 to 1,900.4. Brief rumours that the
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        STOCKHOLM
        162 28 SHARE PRICES fell on Tuesday on uncertainty in European currency markets, fluctuating after an early markdown but never recovering. The All Share Index fell 1.49 per cent to 733.23 while the Top-16 Index was down one per cent on low turnover of 407 million kronor. Ericsson B-Free, the day's
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        JOHANNESBURG
        425 28 SHARES finished easier, but off midday lows, in steady trade on Tuesday, helped by the recovery in the gold price and the pull-back in the financial rand unit, dealers said. Industrial and financial blue-chip shares were well sought in a market starved of quality scrip. But investors remained cautious
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        TORONTO
        288 28 AFTER A DOWNTURN in the morning, Toronto stocks settled into a three-point range in the afternoon to close moderately lower on Tuesday, dealers said. "I thought the Canadian market acted reasonably well," one said, referring to the nearly 40-point loss on Wall Street. The TSE 300 closed down 17.16
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      French franc under heavy pressure in early European trade
      1202 29 REPORTS ALL EYES were on the French franc yesterday morning in London trading as the Bank of France and the Bundesbank fought to save parity levels for their two currencies in the European Monetary System (EMS). As the market opened, in
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      407 29 Cross rates USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS US$ 1.6040 2.5095 1.4985 121.10 0.5903 1.3070 1.3812 1.8553 SS 0.6234 1.5645 0.9342 75.4988 0.3680 0.8148 0.8611 1.1567 MS 0.3985 0.64 0.5971 48.2566 0.2352 0.5208 0.5504 0.7393 Dm 0.6673 1.0704 1.6747 80.81 0.3939 0.8722 0.9217 1.2381 Yen
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      MONEY MARKET
      538 29 Interbank rates S$ Bid Offer Overnight I 1/8 1 1/4 1-month 1 7/16 1 9/16 2-month 1 9/16 I 11/16 3-month 1 11/16 1 13/16 Overnight mode: 1-3/16 USt Bid Offer 7 days 3 9/16 3 11/16 1 month 3 1/4 3 3/8 2 months 3 1/4 3
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      Lock icon Rouble plunges as govt efforts to bolster it fail
      507 29 UPI MOSCOW The free-fall-ing Russian rouble took another bad tumble on Tuesday as government efforts to bolster the currency crumbled. The rouble took its second major plunge in value in a month as the Russian currency continued its almost uninterrupted post-Soviet
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      Lock icon Canada's easy money policy seen on hold
      445 29 Reuter TORONTO The Bank of Canada's policy of easing interest rates to spur economic recover is on hold until the Canadian dollar regains stability, economists say. "I don't think the Bank of Canada wants to see interest rates rise but if it looks
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1113 29 SIMEX EUtOOOUAft Open High Low Sett Est Vol Act/Vol Op/Int Dec 92 96.74 96.74 96.68 96.71 8700 6476 ***** Mar 93 96.65 96.65 96.60 96.61 7300 6759 ***** Jun 93 96.34 96.34 96.27 96.28 5200 3870 ***** Sep 93 95.93 95.94 95.87 95.88 1500 1650 3121 Dec 93
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Gold seen as safe haven, but price rise limited
      387 30 Reuter LONDON Gold gave a robust performance amid the chaos in the currency markets last week, but while the glimmer of a safe haven pulled US fund capital into the metal, the financial whirlwind has not yet transformed its fortunes. The
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      Lock icon Coffee talks define universal quota
      230 30 AP LONDON Negotiators from coffee producing and consuming countries made some progress on Tuesday at the International Coffee Organisation towards drawing up a new price-stabilisation pact by defining the concept of universal quota. Costa Rican vice-presi-dent Amoldo Lopez, chairman of the 20-nation working committee in
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      S'pore rubber futures rise on Inro's reappearance
      731 30 REPORTS SINGAPORE rubber futures, especially RSSI, rose yesterday on early European covering after the International Natural Rubber Organisation asked for offers in the London market, traders said. Inro asked for Oct RSSI from Malaysia or Indonesia, making a surprise appearance after being absent
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    PRICES
    1533 30 Rubber MSCmmm Itty Excfe (Krti m cM ■t as at ipai) HAS (physical picas) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Bayars Qose Volume Open As at 12 aoaa (S cents/kg) Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest RSS 2 Oct 92 136 50 I37.50N Oct 92 Nov Dec 0.00 139.00 136
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      253 30 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. A crisp happenings in Singapore. Politics the m. economy, investment opportunities appointments... And snippets on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid delivered to you every week, whereever you may be. Subscribe now. And be in touch. The StraitsTLmes Making an issue of the major
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      Swankiest street party in France
      686 31  -  POSTCARD FROM PARIS By Suzy Menkes IT WAS one of those nights when the harvest moon hangs like a Chinese lantern over the rooftops if anyone had eyes to see over the rim of a champagne glass. The Avenue Montaigne, France's most sophisticated shopping street,
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      FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      152 31 As at 10am yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.1578 1.1736 Canadian dollar 1.2857 1.3120 NZ dollar 0.8550 0.8725 Sterling pound 2.7030 2.7500 US dollar 1.5990 1.6080 Local dollars to 100 anits of fweigB carre nc> Austrian schilling
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      75 31 Duration Title Venue Organiser Td Oct 21-25 International Dubai. International (971)4/*****5 Trade Fair for United Arab Fairs Services Readymade Emirates for the Arab Garments World Oct 22-27 International Cologne, Messe-und (49)221/821Office Trade Germany Ausstellungs- 2574 Fair GesMBH Koln Duration Title Venue Organiser Td Oct 22-28 Computers A
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      267 31 I 1 Group Olympic finalists in Derby, for example (7) ~J|Q^^(^JBIZ^BZZJB(ZZJB(ZZIEIZZ, 9 Italian inventor who intro- LJ LmJ Lb LhJ Lh| 15 Stop paper coming out be- [fill I[ I j f fore hospital closure (9) |M MM 17 Hot cola mixed in church 19 Charm of river backing up
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      167 31 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the late morning and early afternoon. Report Maximum temperature 31.8 Assoc humidity 68% Minimum temperature 26.6 Assoc humidity 93% Hours of sunshine 5.90 Rainfall in mm. 4.2 Rainfall this month 67.3 Rainy days this month 12 World report Asia-Pacific HJ/Lo* Cond. Auckland 15/12
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    Lock icon Leaders urge cooperation to calm currency markets
    536 32 But deep division over approach to closer coordination Reuter, AP WASHINGTON World finance leaders are calling for closer cooperation to c&lm turbulent currency markets and boost lacklustre global growth, but they remain divided over exactly how to bring their economies more in sync.
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    Lock icon Patten postpones China visit, future of airport in doubt
    371 32 AP HONGKONG The war of words between Britain and China over the building of Hongkong's new airport intensified on Tuesday as proBeijing newspapers lashed out at the territory's governor and his trip to China was postponed. The developments throw fresh doubt
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    Lock icon Miyazawa rules out action to curb yen's rise against US$
    274 32 Reuter WASHINGTON Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said yesterday that his government will not intervene on foreign currency markets to curtail the yen's sharp gain against the US dollar, news reports said. "(The yen) is within the range of ordinary
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    Lock icon China questions US integrity after sale of F-16 jets to Taiwan
    465 32 Reuter NEW YORK China's foreign minister, bristling at the US decision to sell Taiwan 150 F-16 fighter jets, wondered pointedly and publicly on Tuesday whether the United States was a nation that could be trusted. In a speech to
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    Nagasaki Spirit mishap is a grim warning
    779 32  -  The Bottom Line NIRMAL GHOSH NIRMAL GHOSH The writer is a BT reporter THE Nagasaki Spirit accident in the Straits of Malacca should have sent shivers up the spines of everyone concerned with marine and environmental safety in the region. On Sunday, soon
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    Lock icon Rabin rules out full Israeli withdrawal from Golan
    352 32 Reuter JERUSALEM Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin says Israel must give up some of the captured Golan Heights to Syria in exchange for peace but he has ruled out a full withdrawal. "We will never repeat the complete withdrawal as with Egypt when
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    Lock icon European Parliament, Asean MP group to hold talks annually
    284 32 AFP JAKARTA The Stras-bourg-based European Parliament and the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) Inter-Parliamentary Organisation (Aipo) agreed here yesterday to hold annual talks. The two delegations pledged their determination in continuing talks on an annual basis "so as to ensure
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  • ISEAS Trends
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      A world language for the 21st century
      2385 33  -  THrqmrw Byi S Rajaratnam THE central issue of globalism was articulated some years ago by Lewis Mumford, one of the foremost historians of technological and urban civilisations of the 20th century to whose closing and tragic decade we are witness. "A world language,"
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      Cross-cultural communication in a global village
      1779 34  -  Arun Mahizhnan examines this phenomenon in theoretical and historical terms Arun Mahizhnan A run Mahizhnan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies. The views expressed here are entirely personal. WHEN Marshall McLuhan first spoke of the global village in the
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      S'pore's ethnic-based self-help paradigm
      1100 34  -  Lily Zubaidah Rahim Ishak reflects on this issue Lily Zubaidah Rahim Ishak The writer is a Visiting Associate at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. WHEN Mendaki was established in 1982, few anticipated that it would be setting the scene for the birth of other ethnic-based,
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      The UN and collective security
      946 35  -  Nazir Kamal analyses the role of the international body Nazir Kamal Dr Nazir Kamal, the former Director in the Office of the Adviser to the Pakistani Prime Minister in Foreign Affairs and National Security, is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
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      Yugoslavia's collapse
      744 35  -  Philip Towle highlights the tepid response of the international community Philip Towle Dr Philip Towle is a Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge University and Deputy Director of the University's Centre for International Studies. Television takes the suffering caused by warfare into living rooms everywhere. It increases the pressure
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      Financial liberalisation in South-east Asia
      984 35  -  Khin Maung Nyunt evaluates the advantages and disadvantages Khin Maung Nyunt The writer is a Research Associate at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.' FINANCIAL liberalisation spread rapidly in the developing countries during the late *****. In South-east Asia, this trend became apparent in the
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      The Third World does matter
      1113 36  -  Habibul Haque Khondker argues its importance in spite of the end of the Cold War Habibul Haque Khondker Dr Habibul Haque Khondker is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. rHE recent 10th non-aligned movement (NAM) conference in
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      Post-Cold War security in Southeast Asia
      290 36 WHILE the end of the Cold War may have presaged a major adjustment of traditional security relationships in the West that is generally regarded as having a salutary effect on global peace and stability, the same cannot be said of the rather more complicated
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      Asia revisited: Australia looks north
      966 36  -  Pushpa Thambipillai analyses the complexity of Australian-Asian relationship Pushpa Thambipillai 9Dr P Thambipillai is with the University of Brunei. She was recently a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra. PRIME MINISTER Paul Keating begins a visit to Singapore today, his second trip to
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      211 33 Toll free Tel No: Singapore Telecom Changes its Headquarters Telephone Number Singapore Telecom is changing its I Comcentre switchboard telephone number for day, to day ll 081 allium I from 734 3344 to 838 3388. This change will take effect on 19 September 1992 at 8.00 am. "■■f® I Our
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      213 34 Trends Aiaihty yMicmoii o< the Iramme of SoMdwm Aum Stadia Tlw Publication i. Editors-in-chief S. Rajaratnam K. S. Sandhu Editor Derek da Cunha Assistant Editor Judith Ong International Advisory Committee i Jose V. Abueva (Philippines) Stephen FitzGerald (Australia) Han Sung-Joo (Korea) Tommy T. B. Koh (Singapore) Mochtar Kusuma-Atmadja (Indonesia) Seiji
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      59 36 r I W I Ifl I I I r Hi H H H I fr- I BV I I I bP^S OCTOBER 1992 cm <« i*n Vi\*. f .!M RESUME DIE fB |K|/ "w J$M ,WI <">"' j w J -JMRfe -^fH Cb« x 3 r 4| K9 J3 f
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      Repeat client boosts Keppel's turnover
      384 37  -  Shipyard reaps $12m in turnover from repair of two CIS ships By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Keppel Shipyard, the flagship of listed Keppel Corporation, has raked in over $12 million in turnover from the repair of two ships belonging to repeat customer Dalmoreproduct of the Commonwealth
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      Lock icon Beijing-Shanghai express rail proposed
      111 37 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG Chinese officials have called for the building of a high-speed rail link between Beijing and Shanghai to be completed by the year 2000, the official Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday. The proposed passenger railway, at a cost of 30 billion yuan (SsB.7 billion), would
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      Lock icon Malaysia charts strategy to fight massive oil slick
      531 37 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia was yesterday preparing emergency measures to contain a massive oil slick drifting towards its shores from the ruptured tanks of a blazing tanker in the Straits of Malacca. Government officials said they were meeting to assess the situation
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      Jardine, Wan Hai end S'pore, KL agency accord
      252 37  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Taipeibased Wan Hai Lines Ltd and Jardine Shipping Agencies have mutually agreed to terminate their agency agreement in Singapore and Malaysia with effect from Nov 7. Siaw Hooi Chuan, Jardine's director and group general manager told BT that
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        China considers Viet request to free ships
        102 38 HANOI Beijing said last weekend it would consider a request by Hanoi to release Vietnamese ships seized by Chiijjese authorities while carrying cargo from Hongkong to Vietnam, Hanoi's Foreign Ministry said. During negotiations in Hanoi that focused on bilateral land and sea disputes,
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        Canada's west coast dock strike
        71 38 VANCOUVER The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union said on Tuesday 500 dock foremen at pfcrts along Canada's west coast, including the port of Vancouver, planned to walk off the job that afternoon to back- demands for pension improvements in a new labour contfact. A union
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        EVA Air orders 2 more Boeings
        98 38 SEATTLE Taiwan-based EVA Airways has ordered two additional 747-400s from The Boeing Co for a total of eight, the Joeing Commercial Airplane Group said on Tuesday. The new two-plane order is valued at about US$345 million (Ssss2 million) with spare parts and training, Boeing
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        Welsh air search crew rescued
        113 38 MILFORD HAVEN, Wales A helicopter ditched in the Celtic Sea on Tuesday during an air search for fishermen missing off a sunken Irish trawler, but the chopper crew was rescued, the coast guard said. TTie Irish trawler Orchidee collided with a French fishing vessel and
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        Canadian rail block to end
        62 38 VANCOUVER Government-owned Canadian National Railways said on Tuesday it is hopeful police will enforce a court order to end the native Indian blockade of its northern British Columbia rail line. Gitwangak Indians, protesting the assets between forest firms, have been blocking grain, coal and other
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      894 38 P»ge Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 API. 5 3-5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANt! 3 1/2 Asia Cont Lines 14 S ASCL S 9 BalfCanada Line 7 4/5 BaltOnent Line 7 4/5 Bank Line, The 9 5 19 3
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      833 38 THE!OVERALL tone remained weafc on the freight market on Tuesday, despite a higher rate repeated on the North Pacific/Ja£an grain route, brokers saidf reportedly fixed a panamax oilseeds and any grains load at USSII.2S for October against a Baltic Freight Indat (BFI) level of U5510.67, up from US$lO.O6
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      Lock icon Right ships on the right routes
      1443 38  -  David Mott interviews the UK chief of Brittany Ferries, lan Carruthers, who sees the ferry business as a matter of having... David Mott Lloyd's List lAN Carruthers, UK managing director of Brittany Ferries, is a talkative and enthusiastic Scot who leaves you with the
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      922 38 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      9980 46 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, bydestination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after it
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3295 51 Containertine NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pie Ltd (SVMarine Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group; Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Serrice: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte Ltd (S). Alfred
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